, brokn_.

viii. OUS, in the termination of adjectives and their derivatives,
is pronounced _us;_ as in _gracious, pious, pompously_.

ix. CE, CI, TI before a vowel, have the sound of _sh;_ as in
_cetaceous, gracious, motion, partial, ingratiate;_ pronounced
_cetashus, grashus, moshun, parshal, ingrashiate._

x. SI, after an accented vowel, is pronounced like _zh;_ as in
_Ephesian, confusion;_ pronounced _Ephezhan, confuzhon_

xi. When CI or TI precede similar combinations, as in
pron_u_n_ci_a_ti_on, nego_ti_a_ti_on, they should be pronounced _ze_
instead of _she_, to prevent a repetition of the latter syllable; as
_pronunceashon_ instead of _pronunsheashon._

xii. GH, both in the middle and at the end of words ia silent; as in
_caught, bought, fright, nigh, sigh;_ pronounced _caut, baut, frite,
ni, si._ In the following exceptions, however, _gh_ are pronounced
as _f:--cough, chough, clough, enough, laugh, rough, slough, tough,
trough._

xiii. When WH begins a word, the aspirate _h_ precedes _w_ in
pronunciation; as in _what, whiff, whale;_ pronounced _hwat, hwiff,
hwale, w_ having precisely the sound of _oo_, French _ou_. In the
following words _w_ is silent:--_who, whom, whose, whoop, whole._

xiv. H after _r_ has no sound or use; as in _rheum, rhyme_;
pronounced _reum, ryme_.

xv. H should be sounded in the middle of words; as in fore_h_ead,
ab_h_or, be_h_old, ex_h_aust, in_h_abit, un_h_orse.

xvi. H should always be sounded except in the following
words:--heir, herb, honest, honour, hospital, hostler, hour, humour,
and humble, and all their derivatives,--such as humorously, derived
from humour.

xvii. K and G are silent before _n_; as _know, gnaw;_ pronounced
_no, naw._

xviii. W before _r_ is silent; as in _wring, wreath;_ pronounced
_ring, reath._

xix. B after _m_ is silent; as in _dumb, numb;_ pronounced _dum,
num._

xx. L before _k_ is silent; as in _balk, walk, talk;_ pronounced
_bauk, wauk, tauk._

xxi. PH has the sound of _f;_ as in _philosophy;_ pronounced
_filosofy._

xxii. NG has two sounds, one as in _anger_, the other as in
_fin-ger._ **

xxiii. N after _m_, and closing a syllable, is silent; as in _hymn,
condemn._

xxiv. P before _s_ and _t_ is mute; as in _psalm, pseudo,
ptarmigan;_ pronounced _sarm, sud