Spell It Out

Author : David Crystal
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250003474
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spell It Out written by David Crystal and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : David Crystal
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 9781846685682
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spell It Out written by David Crystal and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Joan Elliott
Publisher : Leisure Arts
ISBN 13 : 1601405545
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spell It Out written by Joan Elliott and published by Leisure Arts. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If it's worth saying, say it with cross stitch! Why not let the author's alphabets inspire you to stitch whimsical pirates and teddy bears, or elegant creations like art nouveau and redwork stylings? This title features alphabets that set the mood for stitching any thought you'd like to convey.

Author : Misty Adoniou
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009112872
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spelling It Out written by Misty Adoniou and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spelling It Out, Revised edition crushes the myth that good spelling comes naturally, good spelling comes from good teaching.

Author : G. T. Hawker
Publisher : Franklin Watts
ISBN 13 : 9780199111695
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spell It Yourself! written by G. T. Hawker and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spell It Yourself is designed for children to find correct spellings quickly and easily, without the distraction of complicated meanings and definitions found in a dictionary.* Lists over 8000 root words and their derivatives* Motivates children to look up words for themselves* Increases children's written vocabulary* Includes lists of contractions, homophones, parts of speech, boys' and girls' names and countries and peoples of the world

Author : Harry Shaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780064632799
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spell It Right! written by Harry Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Harriet Wittels
Publisher : Grosset & Dunlap
ISBN 13 : 9780448147567
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Spell It written by Harriet Wittels and published by Grosset & Dunlap. This book was released on 1982 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handbook of commonly misspelled words.

Author : David Crystal
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250028868
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spell It Out written by David Crystal and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating and surprising history of English spelling from David Crystal, everyone's favorite expert logophile With The Story of English in 100 Words, David Crystal took us on a tour through the history of our language. Now, with Spell It Out, he 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 and ending with where the language might be going. He looks individually at each letter in the alphabet and its origins. He considers the question of vowels and how people developed a way to tell whether or not it was long or short. He looks at influences from other cultures, and explains how English speakers understood that the "o" in "hopping" was a short vowel, rather than the long vowel of "hoping". If you've ever asked yourself questions like "Why do the words "their", "there" and "they're" sound alike, but mean very different things?" or "How can we tell the difference between "charge" the verb and "charge" the noun?" David Crystal's Spell It Out will spell it all out for you.

Author : David Grambs
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101140666
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book So You Think You Can Spell? written by David Grambs and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cornucopia of spelling challenges—from the deceptively simple to the truly vexing—for good, better, and exceptional spellers (or those who want to be). So You Think You Can Spell? is a handy way to go one on one, pencil to paper, against hard, harder, and heartless words. The challenges vary from three- and five-word mini-quizzes to fifty-worders, from tests of quite familiar (but ever misspelled) words to those rife with vowel, consonant, or silent-letter booby traps. This unique volume also tests one's spelling smarts in the arts and sciences, international cuisine, and geography. All in all, this is a book to settle the ultimate question: Just how good a speller are you?

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Publisher : Edition Peters
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost Words written by and published by Edition Peters. This book was released on 2022-05 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Words by composer James Burton takes its inspiration and text from the award-winning 'cultural phenomenon' and book of the same name by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris: a book that was, in turn, a creative response to the removal of everyday nature words like acorn, newt and otter from a new edition of a widely used children's dictionary. Both the book and Burton's 32-minute work, which is written in 12 short movements for upper-voice choir in up to 3 voice parts (with either orchestral or piano accompaniment), celebrates each lost word with a beautiful poem or 'spell', magically brought to life in Burton's music. At its heart, the work delivers a powerful message about the need to close the gap between childhood and the natural world. Burton's piece was co-commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society for the Hallé Children's Choir and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The piano accompaniment version was premiered at the Tanglewood Festival in 2019 by the Boston Symphony Children's Choir, of which Burton is founder and director. The Hallé Children's Choir will premiere the orchestral version of the full work in Manchester, UK, post-pandemic. Vocal Score Co-commission by Boston Symphony and Hallé Concerts Society for their respective Children's Choirs. Two versions - with orchestral or with piano accompaniment. The vocal score is the same for both versions. James Burton is a composer but also a conductor. He is conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and choral director of the Boston Symphony. The book The Lost Words, exquisitely designed, has won multiple awards and is an international best-seller. The vocal score includes Jackie Morris's beautiful imagery in its cover design.