Accentuation is the stressing of the proper syllables in words. This it is that is popularly called _pronunciation_. For instance, we properly say that a word is mispronounced when it is accented _in'-vite_instead of _in-vite'_, though it is really an offense against only one form of pronunciation--accentuation.
It is the work of a lifetime to learn the accents of a large vocabulary and to keep pace with changing usage; but an alert ear, the study of word-origins, and the dictionary habit, will prove to be mighty helpers in a task that can never be finally completed.
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