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What is English Spelling about?
English Spelling explores the rules and conventions on which present-day English spelling is based. This Language Workbook: * Examines how speech-sounds map onto each other * Explores the extent to which words sound identical or look identical * Analyzes various kinds of spelling mistakes * Looks at the main differences between American and British spelling * Shows how and why the names of people and places may vary from expected spelling conventions * Deals with the punctuation of words by apostrophes, hyphens and capitalisation * Considers several possible approaches to spelling reform
- Author
- Edward Carney
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781134719877
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Linguistics, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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