silent letters, but are thus marked to point them out as the
representatives of sounds which are apt to be defectively articulated,
omitted, or incorrectly sounded.


A

Incorrect Correct Incorrect Correct
Fa-t fa-tal Sep-er-ate sep-a-rate
reel re-al temp-per-unce tem-per-ance
ras-cul ras-cal up-pear ap-pear
crit-ic-ul crit-ic-al tem-per-it tem-per-ate
test'ment tes-ta-ment mod-er-it med-er-ate
firm'ment fir-ma-ment in-ti-mit int-ti-mate


E

Incorrect Correct Incorrect Correct
Ev'ry ev-er-y sev'ral sev-er-al
b'lief be-lief prov-i-dunce prov-i-dence
pr'vail pre-vail ev-i-dunce ev-i-dence
r'tain re-tain si-lunt si-lent
trav'ler trav-el-er mon-u-munt mon-u-ment
flut'ring flut-ter-ing con-ti-nunt con-ti-nent
tel'scope tel-e-scope con-fi-dunt con-fi-dent


I