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

Incorrect Correct Incorrect Correct
D'rect di-rect rad'cal rad-i-cal
d'spose dis-pose sal'vate sal-i-vate
van'ty van-i-ty can'bal can-ni-bal
ven-t'late ven-ti-late mount'n moun-tain
ju-b'lee ju-bi-lee fount'n foun-tain
rid-cule rid-i-cule vill'ny vil-lain-y

O

Incorrect Correct Incorrect Correct
Des'late des-o-late rhet-er-ic rhet-o-tic
hist'ry his-to-ry in-ser-lent in-so-lent
mem'ry mem-o-ry croc-ud-ile croc-o-dile
col'ny col-o-ny com-prum-ise com-pro-mise
ag'ny ag-o-ny anch-ur-ite an-cho-rite
balc'ny bal-co-ny cor-per-al cor-po-ral
ob-s'lete ob-so-lete ob-luq-quy ob-lo-quy
wil-ler wil-low or-ther-dox or-tho-dox
wid-der wid-ow cun-di-tion con-di-tion
pil-ler pil-low pus-i-tion po-si-tion
mead-er mead-ow tug-eth-er to-geth-er
fel-ler fel-low put-a-ter po-ta-to
win-der win-dow tub-ac-cur to-bac-co

U

The most common mistake in the sound of u occurs in words of the following
kind: as, crea-ter or crea-choor, for crea-ture; nat-er or na- choor for
na-ture, etc.

Incorrect Correct

Lec'-ter lec'-choor lec'-ture
fea'-ter fea'-choor fea'-ture
mois'-ter mois'-choor mois'-ture
ver'-der ver'-jer ver-dure
mix'-ter mix'-cher mix'-ture
rup'ter rup'-cher rup'-ture
sculp'-ter sculp'-cher sculp'-ture
ges'-ter ges'cher ges'-ture
struc'-ter struc'-cher struc'-ture
stric'-ter stric'-choor stric'-ture
ves'-ter ves'-cher ves'-ture
tex'-ter tex'-cher tex'