_G_ and _c_ will be soft before
_e, i,_ and _y,_ hard before other vowels and all consonants; vowels
receiving the accent on the second syllable from the end (except _i_)
will be pronounced long (and we shall not hear _au-da`'-cious_ for
_auda:'-cious_); and all vowels but _a_ in the third syllable or
farther from the end will remain short if followed by a consonant,
though we should be on the lookout for such exceptions as
_ab-ste:'-mious,_ etc. (As the _u_ is kept long we will
say _tr_u`'_-cu-lency_ [troo], not _tr_u`_c'-u-lency,_ and
_s_u:'_-pernu-merary,_ not _s_u`_p'-ernumerary,_ etc.).
These hints should be supplemented by reference to a good dictionary or
list of words commonly mispronounced.
CHAPTER V.
A SPELLING DRILL.
The method of using the following story of Robinson Crusoe,
specially arranged as a spelling drill, should include these steps:
1. Copy the story paragraph by paragraph, with great accuracy,
noting every punctuation mark, paragraph indentations, numbers, and
headings. Words that should appear in italics should be underlined
once, in small capitals twice, in capitals three times.
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