REMARK.--Negative sentences, whether alone or connected with an
affirmative clause, generally end with the rising inflection.


If such sentences are repeated emphatically, they take the falling
inflection according to Rule VI.

EXAMPLES.

We do not' desire your money.
I did not' say a. better soldier.

3. Or used disjunctively.

Did he behave properly', or improperly'?

Are they living/, or dead'?

Is he rich', or poor'?

Does God, having made his creatures, take no further' care of them, or
does he preserve and guide them'?

REMARK.--Where or is used conjunctively, this rule does not apply; as,
Will the law of kindness' or of justice' justify such conduct'?



CIRCUMFLEX.