Eyes before ease / Larry beason
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TextPublication details: New York: McGraw.hill, 2006Description: 276 PISBN: - 0071459545 (pbk)
- 428.1 B3806
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Note on Symbols xi
CHAPTER
1 Why Spelling Still Matters 1
CHAPTER
2 Don't Trust a Terminator with Your Spelling 15
CHAPTER
3 Do Spelling Bees Pollinate?
37
CHAPTER
4 Ancient Warriors and Modern Spelling 51
CHAPTER
5 The Difficult Middle Years
69
CHAPTER
6 The Return of the King's English
97
CHAPTER
7 Can English Be Made to Behave?
115
CHAPTER
8 If Finland Can, Why Can't We?
137
CHAPTER
9 Why We Misspell 173
CHAPTER 10
Of Rules and Fools 209
CHAPTER 11
Today's Misspelling, Tomorrow's Dictionary Entry 249
Bibliography 261
Index 265
English
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