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Hathaway, B. A.

"1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading"

_When sentences commence with verbs, what inflection is
required?_
Mostly the rising.
215. _What is meant by an Echo in reading?_
Interrogative exclamations, where the question is repeated.
216. _Give an example of Echo._
What's the trouble? What's the trouble? trouble enough.
217. _What inflection should be given to members of sentences
connected disjunctively?_
First member, the rising; second member, the falling.
218. _When several Emphatic words or members come together, how
should they be inflected?_
The most emphatic, the falling; and the others the rising.
219. _What is a Simple Series in reading?_
A series of particulars that is composed of single words.
220. _What is meant by a Compound Series?_
One that is composed of clauses is called compound.
221. _What determines Accent?_
The usage of our best speakers and writers of the present.
222. _To whom does it belong to determine and record such usage?_
The Lexicographers.
223. _Are there any cases in which we can trace the reason for the
accent?_
There are; in discriminating accent where it is used to determine
the parts of speech.


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