The Art of English Composition
The Art of English Composition
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The only points to be considered here, therefore, are force as it appears in accent, and quahty of sound.
§ 254. Euphony requires the avoidance of such .words and expressions as are difficult of utterance on account of the succession of unaccented syllables.
There are many words in our language which it is dilHi- cult to enounce on account of the number of unaccented syl- lables occurring in immediate succession, as, for instance, meteorological, desvUoriness, imitatweness, imprecatory. Such wo...rds, so far as practicable, should be avoided in all elevated discourse. They are, for the most part, of Greek or Latin origin.
Digitized by VjOOQ IC OF EUPHONY. 223 Not only words but* phrases having a number of unac* cented syllables may be objectionable on this account. The phrase, *' The obstinacy of his undutiful son," contains six unaccented syllables in succession, and cannot well be pro- nounced without interposing a pause where the sense forbids.
The following sentence from Tillotson is liable to the same censure : — ** When a man hath once forfeited the reputation of his integrity, nothing will then serve his turn.'* In reading it the voice labors, and seeks to relieve itself by pausing slightly after forfeited^ and also after repiUation, The pause supplies the accent that is missed.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The only points to be considered here, therefore, are force as it appears in accent, and quahty of sound.
§ 254. Euphony requires the avoidance of such .words and expressions as are difficult of utterance on account of the succession of unaccented syllables.
There are many words in our language which it is dilHi- cult to enounce on account of the number of unaccented syl- lables occurring in immediate succession, as, for instance, meteorological, desvUoriness, imitatweness, imprecatory. Such wo...rds, so far as practicable, should be avoided in all elevated discourse. They are, for the most part, of Greek or Latin origin.
Digitized by VjOOQ IC OF EUPHONY. 223 Not only words but* phrases having a number of unac* cented syllables may be objectionable on this account. The phrase, *' The obstinacy of his undutiful son," contains six unaccented syllables in succession, and cannot well be pro- nounced without interposing a pause where the sense forbids.
The following sentence from Tillotson is liable to the same censure : — ** When a man hath once forfeited the reputation of his integrity, nothing will then serve his turn.'* In reading it the voice labors, and seeks to relieve itself by pausing slightly after forfeited^ and also after repiUation, The pause supplies the accent that is missed.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Henry Noble Day to read onlineMoreLess
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