English as Language: Backgrounds, Development, UsageCharlton Laird, Robert M. Gorrell Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961 - 279 Seiten |
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... spelling and use it regularly instead of writing where , wher , whear , wheare , were , whair , etc. To this end he prints in the latter part of his book a General Table giving the recommended spelling for some 7000 of the commonest ...
... spelling and use it regularly instead of writing where , wher , whear , wheare , were , whair , etc. To this end he prints in the latter part of his book a General Table giving the recommended spelling for some 7000 of the commonest ...
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... spelling symbols and sounds and the rela- tions of the two in considerable detail . Can you find any modern writer on spelling who considers these questions in as much detail ? Can you think of rea- sons for differences between modern ...
... spelling symbols and sounds and the rela- tions of the two in considerable detail . Can you find any modern writer on spelling who considers these questions in as much detail ? Can you think of rea- sons for differences between modern ...
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... spelling is less correct than the ancient . Yet this is a truth that reflects dishonor on our modern refiners of the language . Chaucer , four hundred years ago , wrote bilder for builder ; dedly for deadly ; ernest for earnest ; erly ...
... spelling is less correct than the ancient . Yet this is a truth that reflects dishonor on our modern refiners of the language . Chaucer , four hundred years ago , wrote bilder for builder ; dedly for deadly ; ernest for earnest ; erly ...
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A LANGUAGE MISCELLANY | 1 |
Subjects for Discussion | 6 |
LANGUAGE AS IT WORKS | 7 |
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