English Spelling and Spelling Reform |
Contents
CONFESSIONS OF A SPELLING Reformer | 1 |
II | 11 |
ATTITUDE OF THE EDUCATED | 56 |
Copyright | |
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Accordingly adopted alphabet appeared argument assertion changes class of words common consequence consonants denote derivation dictionary digraph diocess diphthong distinct Doctor Johnson dropped edition educated eighteenth century employed English orthography English spelling etymological example eyes fact Faerie Queene favor feeling final followed French given honor hostility ignorance illustration indicate instance Johnson knowledge language large number Latin learned letter lexicographer long sound manifest matter ment method of spelling modern nature never number of words nunciation once original orthoepy orthog particular past period persons petrifaction phonetic spelling practice present orthography present spelling preterite prevailing pronounced pronunciation Rape of Lucrece raphy reason repre represented Roger Ascham ryme scholars sense Shakespeare short sound signs small number sort sound heard sound of long speech spelling reform syllable termination things thography thorn letter tion tongue truth unpronounced usage utterance Venus and Adonis verb vowel writing