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prefTed, then a genitive termination becomes 

 requifite,and is always ufed ; as, Whofe hat is 

 this ? It is John's. Whofe houfe is this ? It 

 is George's. The fame in the perfonal pro- 

 nouns : as, Whofe land is this ? It is your's ; 

 it is mine ; it is his. Even when the fubftan- 

 tive is joined, the perfonal pronouns take a 

 genitive form ; as, his country, your country, 

 my country. 



The PRONUNCIATION now remains to be 

 noticed. 



The deviations lie principally in the 

 vowels ; but there is one peculiarity of AR- 

 TICULATION which is noticeable; as being 

 a ftranger in the eftablilhed pronunciation ; 

 though common, I believe, to the northern 

 counties. This is in the articulation of the 

 /, in butter, matter, and all words of a fimilar 

 termination , alfo in tree, trace, tread, and all 

 words and fyllables beginning with tr *. 



The articulation, in thefe cafes, is between 

 the eflablimed articulation of the/ and that of 

 the th; the tongue being preffed hard againft 

 the teeth and the gums jointly ; not ilightly 



touching 



* The letter d takes the fame articulation in fimilar 

 cafes j namely, whenever it is fubjoined with r or . 



