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Sep'rate sep-a-rate Ev'dent ev-i-dent
met-ric'l met-ric-al mem'ry mem-o-ry
'pear ap-pear 'pin-ion o-pin-ion
com-p'tent com-pe-tent pr'pose pro-pose
pr'cede pre-cede gran'lar gran-u-lar
'spe-cial es-pe-cial par-tic'lar par-tic-u-lar



RULE III.--Avoid sounding incorrectly the unaccented vowels.

EXAMPLES.

Incorrect Correct Incorrect Correct
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Sep-er-ate sep-a-rate Mem-er-ry mem-o-ry
met-ric-ul met-ric-al up-pin-ion o-pin-ion
up-pear ap-pear prup-ose pro-pose
com-per-tent com-pe-tent gran-ny-lar gran-u-lar
dum-mand de-mand par-tic-e-lar par-tic-u-lar
ob-stur-nate ob-sti-nate ev-er-dent ev-i-dent


REMARK I.--In correcting errors of this kind in words of more than one
syllable, it is very important to avoid a fault which is the natural
consequence of an effort to articulate correctly. Thus, in endeavoring to
sound correctly the a in met'ric-al, the pupil is very apt to say
met-ric-al'. accenting the last syllable instead of the first.