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RULES FOR THE USE OF INFLECTIONS.


RULE I.

Direct questions, or those which may be answered by _yes_ or _no_,
usually take the rising inflection; but their answers, generally, the
falling.

EXAMPLES.

1. Will you meet me at the depot'? Yes`; or, I will`.

2. Did you intend to visit Boston'? No`; or, I did not`.