Spell It Right

SAY GOOD-BYE TOEMBARRASSING SPELLING ERRORS Write with confidence at school, at home, or in the officeusing time-tested spelling techniques that really work.Perfect for problem spellers, this guide contains rulesand quick tips that are effective and easy to follow. More than a dictionary, SPELL IT RIGHT! includes: Six simple spelling rules that will never let you down Dozens of sure-fire mnemonic devices and memory clues A quick, at-a-glance listing of nearly 1000 commonly misspelled words Tips for using prefixes, suffixes, plurals, apostrophes, and compound words Thirty-five games and quizzes to test your newfound skills SPELL IT RIGHT! puts spelling skills at your fingertipswith fast, easy, and effective techniques.

Memoir from stage, screen and daytime TV actor Jed Allan.

Presents a history of English spelling through chapters that cover such topics as the introduction of the Roman alphabet, each letter's origins, and the development of long and short vowels.

Presents a dictionary of commonly misspelled words that includes correctly spelled words--written in black--and common misspellings--written in red and with the correct spellings following--arranged together alphabetically.

Ceilling. Beleive. Scissers. Do you have trouble spelling everyday words? Is your spell check on overdrive? Well, this easy-to-use dictionary is just what you need! Organized with speed and convenience in mind, it gives you instant access to the correct spellings of more than 12,500 words. Also provided are quick tips and memory tricks, like: Help yourself get the spelling of their right by thinking of the phrase ?their heirlooms.? Most words ending in a ?seed? sound are spelled ?-cede? or ?-ceed,? but one word ends in ?-sede.? You could say the rule for spelling this word supersedes the other rules. No matter what you’re working on, you can be confident that your good writing won’t be marred by bad spelling. This book takes away the guesswork and helps you make a good impression!

Introduces ways of learning to spell words, an alphabetical list of common words to learn, commonly misspelt words, and hints for improving spelling. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictionary or style guide to hand in fifteenth century Bruges, the typesetters simply spelled it the way it sounded to their foreign ears, and it stuck. Seventy-five per cent of English spelling is regular but twenty-five per cent is complicated, and in Spell It Out our foremost linguistics expert David Crystal extends a helping hand to the confused and curious alike. He unearths the stories behind the rogue words that confound us, and explains why these peculiarities entered the mainstream, in an epic journey taking in sixth century monks, French and Latin upstarts, the Industrial Revolution and the internet. By learning the history and the principles, Crystal shows how the spellings that break all the rules become easier to get right.

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