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Eyes before ease / Larry beason - New York: McGraw.hill, 2006 - 276 P.

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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Eyes--Before--Ease

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