Remark 2.—­The teacher should bear it in mind that in correcting a fault there is always danger of erring in the opposite extreme.  Properly speaking, there is no danger of learning to articulate too distinctly, but there is danger of making the obscure sounds too prominent, and of reading in a slow, measured, and unnatural manner.

Rule IV.—­Utter distinctly the terminating subvocals and aspirates.

Examples.

Incorrect     Correct      Incorrect     Correct
---------     -------      ---------     -------
An’           and          Mos’          mosque
ban’          band         near-es’      near-est
moun’         mound        wep’          wept
mor-nin’      morn-ing     ob-jec’       ob-ject
des’          desk         sub-jec       sub-ject

Remark 1.—­This omission is still more likely to occur when several consonants come together.

EXAMPLES.

Incorrect     Correct          Incorrect      Correct
---------     --------         ---------      ----------
Thrus’        thrusts          Harms’         harm’st
beace         beasts           wrongs’        wrong’st
thinks’       thinkst          twinkles’      twinkl’dst
weps’         weptst           black’ns       black’n’dst

Remark 2.—­In all cases of this kind these sounds are omitted, in the first instance, merely because they are difficult, and require care and attention for their utterance, although after a while it becomes a habit.  The only remedy is to devote that care and attention which may be necessary.  There is no other difficulty, unless there should be a defect in the organs of speech, which is not often the case.

Rule V.—­A void blending syllables which belong to different words.

Examples.

Incorrect.             Correct.
----------            ------------
He ga-zdupon.          He gazed upon. 
Here res tsis sed.     Here rests his head. 
Whattis sis sname?     What is his name? 
For ranninstantush.    For an instant hush. 
Ther ris sa calm,     There is a calm. 
For tho stha tweep.    For those that weep. 
God sglorou simage.    God’s glorious image.

EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION.

This exercise and similar ones will afford valuable aid in training the organs to a distinct articulation.

  Every vice fights against nature. 
  Folly is never pleased with itself. 
  Pride, not nature, craves much. 
  The little tattler tittered at the tempest. 
  Titus takes the petulant outcasts. 
  The covetous partner is destitute of fortune. 
  No one of you knows where the shoe pinches. 
  What can not be cured must be endured. 
  You can not catch old birds with chaff. 
  Never sport with the opinions of others. 
  The lightnings flashed, the thunders roared.