260. “Maine is a maritime State:” pronounce the last syllable of maritime so as to rhyme with rim.
261. “They desisted from their design:” pronounce the former s in desisted with a soft sound, and always pronounce design as if written de-zine.
262. “They committed a heinous crime:” pronounce heinous as if spelled hay-nus; never call the word hee-nus or hain-yus.
263. “He hovered about the enemy:” pronounce hovered so as to rhyme with covered.
264. “He is a powerful ally:” never place the accent on al in ally, as many do.
265. “We have never been called, almost, to the consideration of the Apocalypse, without finding fresh reasons for our opinion.” [Such are the words of a very eminent reviewer.] He should have said, “We have scarcely ever been called,” or, “we have almost never.”
266. “He is very bigoted:” never spell the last word with double t, a very common mistake.
267. “The Weekly Tribune has a large circulation:” pronounce Tribune as if divided Trib-une, and not Try-bune.
268. “He said as how you was to do it:” say, he said that you were to do it.
269. Never say, “I acquiesce with you,” but, “I acquiesce in your proposal, in your opinion,” &c.