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. When G is printed in the Roman character, it has its hard sound in get, gone, etc. as go, give, geese, etc. when it has its soft sound, it is spelled in the notation by the consonant J, as giant, ginger, ji-ant, jin-ger. The same may be observed of S: the Roman character denotes its hard sound in sin, sun, etc. as so, sit, sense, etc. its soft sound is spelled by z, as rose, raise, etc. roze, raze, etc.

In the course of a critical investigation of the powers of the letters in the foregoing principles, there is scarcely a word of any difficulty or diversity of sound which has not been noticed, and the true pronunciation, with the reasons and authorities for it, pointed out; so that if the inspector should not meet with sufficient information in the Dictionary under the word, let him consult the Principles under the vowel, diphthong, or consonant, he wishes to be explained, and it is highly probable he will meet with the satisfaction he requires. Thus to know something more, concerning the g, in the word impugn, which some speakers pronounce and others suppress, let him look into the Principles under the letter G, No. 386, and he will find additional observations to those in the Dictionary under the word. It is true that most of these doubtful, as well as other words, are referred to the Principles; but if this reference should by chance be omitted, it is hoped that this Advertisement will supply the deficiency.