... the rich man and the poor man!b. Contrast' good with bad, black with white, greatness with littleness.4. Permit.a. I have a building-per'mit.b. My mother will not permit' me ... and a soft sound as in thin, kith, bath,Smith, etc. Contrast breathe and breath, lath and lathe; and bath and baths, lath and laths, etc.S has two sounds, one its own sound, as in sin, kiss, ... as in either and neither, pronounced with either the sound of e long or i long, the latter being the English usage;ie has the sound of i long, as in lie, and of e long, as in belief, and of...