5. In the word _cough_, the letters _o, u, g, h_, are pronounced like
_off_. In the words _slough_ and _plough_, the letters _o, u, g, h_, are
pronounced like _ow_; and in the word _through_, they are pronounced
like _ew_, or like _u_.
6. In the word _hiccough_ the letters _ough_ are pronounced like
_up_--and in the word _lough_, the letters are pronounced like _lok_.
7. There are many words which end with a sound like _shun_; and this
syllable is spelled in many different ways, as you will see in the
following example.
8. In the words _ocean_, _motion_, _mansion_, _physician_, _halcyon_,
_Parnassian_, _Christian_, and many other such words, the last syllable
is pronounced as if it were spelled _shun_.
9. You see, then, that in some words a syllable sounding very much like
_shun_ is spelled
_cean_, as in ocean;
in some it is spelled _tion_, as in nation;
in some it is spelled _sion_, as in mansion;
in some it is spelled _cian_, as in physician;
in some it is spelled _cyon_, as in halcyon;
in some it is spelled _sian_, as in Parnassian.
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