Pronounce the following: saw, draw, paw, claw, pota´to, toma´to, com´ma, Em´ma.
13. Do not shorten the sound of long o in certain words by leaving off its vanishing element ōō.
Pronounce the following: Boat, bone, broke, choke, cloak, colt, comb, dolt, hole, home, home´ly, hope, jolt, load, on´ly, road, rogue, smoke, spoke, spok´en, stone, throat, toad, whole, wrote, yoke, bolster.
14. Do not omit the sound of d when preceded by n; as stan for stand, frenz for friends.
Pronounce the following: Stands, bands, wĭnds, wīnds, depends´, defends´, demands´, blind´ness, grand´mother, grand´father, hand´ful.
15. Do not omit the sound of d in the terminal letters lds; as wīlz for wilds, fēlz for fields.
Pronounce the following: Folds, holds, scolds, builds, scalds, unfolds´, child´s.
16. Do not omit the sound of t when preceded by c hard in the same syllable; as aks for acts, exak´ly for exact´ly.
Pronounce the following: Facts, tracts, com´pacts, inspects´, respects´, inducts´, instructs´, correct´ly, direct´ly, ab´stractly, per´fectly.
17. Do not omit the sound of t in the terminal letters sts; as fis´s for fists, pes´s for pests.