174. A courier is expected from Paris; pronounce cou in courier so as to rhyme with too. Never pronounce courier like currier.
175. Let each of us mind their own business; say, his own business.
176. Is this or that the best road? say, the better road.
177. Rinse your mouth; pronounce rinse as it is written, and never rense. "Wrench your mouth," said a fashionable dentist one day to the author of this work.
178. The book is not as well printed as it ought to be; say, so well printed, &c.
179. Webster's Dictionary is an admirable work; pronounce dictionary as if written dik-shun-a-ry; not, as is too commonly the practice, dixonary.
180. Some disaster has certainly befell him; say, befallen.
181. She is a pretty creature; never pronounce creature, creeter, as is often heard.
182. We went to see the Monument; pronounce monument exactly as it is written, and not as many pronounce it, moniment.
183. I am very wet, and must go and change myself; say, change my clothes.