The Complete Guide to English Spelling Rules
CHAPTER 54 The Schwa The schwa, which is given as the symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), was introduced into E ...
CHAPTER 55 Silent Consonants: h, g, k, p, w, b, l, n, t, c, d, s, m, r, ch Most languages have one or two letters that may occas ...
(^) The silent n is almost always found at the end of a word and usually follows the letter m: (^) If we exclude all the words t ...
CHAPTER 56 Hyphens The hyphen is very useful when properly used. Unfortunately, it was heavily overused in the past and this has ...
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CHAPTER 57 Names Generally speaking, names do not follow spelling rules and we should not expect them to do so. Many names have ...
CHAPTER 58 Linguistic Terminology When we study English spelling, it is inevitable that we will encounter one or more technical ...
CHAPTER 59 Acronyms One of the many marvels of the English language is the way in which it borrows words from any and every sour ...
CHAPTER 60 Dictionaries A good dictionary is indispensable. English spelling is so complex that nobody can claim that they have ...
CHAPTER 61 Accent—American or British? Readers who are learning English may wonder if they should try to acquire an American acc ...
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About the Author JOHN FULFORD’S first experience as a teacher was in a lonely, one-room school in northern Canada. Among his stu ...
1 All quotations are taken from Noah Webster’s twenty page preface to his Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, New Yo ...
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