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 throw you off” (addressed to one on horseback), the emphatic word is of course or “will throw.” This word will therefore stand out more prominently than the others, in fact it becomes so prominent that, though distinctly heard, is pronounced with great rapidity. In the introductory or conditional clause is the important word and therefore carries the accent. Like it over-shadows the other words in its clausę. Taking the whole sentence together we say that bears the chief accent and  the secondary, accent. Here is another sentence, the words of a priest who comes to a house to say Mass and finds the inmates in bed: “If I had a bucket of water I would throw it into the beds on you.” The emphatic word is, because it indicates the extreme measure which he is prepared to take. The voice increases in force from the commencement and at strikes out the second syllable with sledge-hammer force. The concluding words (reduced to  or ) e are treated as if they were a mere appanage to.

A similar effect is observable in single words and in phrases. , thass-bawn″, is reduced to (and even to );  to ;  almost to. Take note of the phrase,, literally “every single thing.” An English speaker would emphasise “single” and so do we, the result being that in the  is touched lightly and reduced to a  sound. Furthermore, the of  (not because of the accent) becomes assimilated to the  of, or, let us say, is simply dropped. Thus the phrase becomes (ga’-hae″ rudh). similarly becomes (ga’-hy″ing-eh).