--When the words _learned_, _blessed_, _loved,_ &c. are
used as participial adjectives, the termination _ed_ should
generally be pronounced as a separate syllable; as, "A _learn-ed_
man; The _bless-ed_ Redeemer;" but when they are employed as verbs,
the _ed_ is contracted in pronunciation; as, "He _learn'd_ his
lesson; They are _lov'd;_ I have _walk'd_."
2. The accent of the following words falls on those syllables
expressed in the _italic_ characters: Eu ro _pe_ an, hy me _ne_ al,
Ce sa _re_ a, co ad _ju_ tor, ep i cu _re_ an, _in_ ter est ed, _in_
ter est ing, _rep_ a ra ble, _rec_ og nise, _leg_ is la ture, _ob_
li ga to ry, in _com_ pa ra ble, ir _rep_ a ra ble, in _ex_ o ra
ble. In a large class of words, the vowels _a_, _e_, and _ai_,
should be pronounced like long _a_ in _late_; such as, _fare_,
_rare_, _there_, _their_, _where_, _air_, _chair_, _compare_,
_declare_, &c. In the words _person_, _perfect_, _mercy_,
_interpret_, _determine_, and the like, the vowel _e_ before _r_, is
often _erroneously_ sounded like short _u_. Its proper sound is that
of _e_ in _met_, _pet_, _imperative_.
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