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Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling

Publication Date : -- | Author : David Crystal

David Crystal

Number Of Pages: 328

ISBN: 1250003474

ISBN13: 9781250003478

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In Spell It Out, David Crystal takes on the task of answering all the questions about how we spell: "Why is English spelling so difficult?" Or "Why are good spellers so proud of their achievement that when they see a misspelling they condemn the writer as sloppy, lazy, or uneducated?" In thirty-seven short, engaging and informative chapters, Crystal takes readers on a history of English spelling, starting with the Roman missionaries' sixth century introduction of the Roman alphabet, looks at each letter of the alphabet, and ends with where the language might be going.

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