I war thar, and I seen his boat was I _was there_, and I _saw that_ his
loadend too heavy. boat was too _heavily laden_, or
_loaded_.
Whar you gwine. _Where are_ you _going_?
Hese in cohoot with me. _He is_ in _partnership_ with me.
Did you get shet of your tobacca? Did you _get rid_, or _dispose_
of, your _tobacco_?
Who hoped you to sell it? Who _helped_ you to sell it?
PROSODY.
PROSODY treats of the modulations of the voice according to the usages
of the language we speak, and the sentiments we wish to express: hence,
in its most extensive sense, it comprises all the laws of elocution.
Prosody is commonly divided into two parts: the first teaches the true
pronunciation of words, comprising _accent_, _quantity_, _emphasis_,
_pause_, and _tone_; and the second, the laws of _versification_.
_Accent_. Accent is the laying of a peculiar stress of the voice on a
particular letter or syllable in a word, that it may be better heard
than the rest, or distinguished from them; as, in the word _presume_,
the stress of the voice must be on the letter _u_ and the second
syllable, _sume_, which syllable takes the accent.
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