RULES OF PRONUNCIATION
Rule I.—The letter u should not be sounded as ōō, except when immediately preceded by the sound of r.
Exceptions: sure and its derivatives, also sumac, tulle, hurrah, pugh.
Pronounce rule, fruit, garrulous, ruin, sure, tūne, mūle, institūte, constitūtion, sūture, dūty, lūcid.
Rule II.—A constituting or ending an unaccented syllable is short Italian a.
Examples: cȧnine´, lȧpel´, ȧgain´, ȧlas´, fȧtal´ity, al´kȧli, or´nȧment, pal´ȧtȧble.
When the a of terminal ary or any is immediately preceded by an accented syllable, it has the sound of short Italian a; thus, pri´mȧry, epiph´ȧny.
Rule III.—E or o constituting or ending a syllable is long.
Examples: ēvent, mēmentō, lōcōmōtion, sōciety, nōtōriety, sōbriety, supērior, infērior, thēōries, cōteriē, lōcō-fōcō.
Rule IV.—I constituting or ending an unaccented syllable not initial, is always short, and is usually short even in initial syllables, if unaccented.