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Understanding Spelling is a practical guide to spelling, one aspect of English that baffles learners and even the native speakers themselves. The book is systematic in approach, gives clear explanations of the rules and exceptions and covers both British and American spelling conventions.
It includes a list of words that tend to get confused, with an analysis of their distinctions in use and meaning, as well as a comprehensive list of words that cause spelling problems.
Features of Understanding Spelling:
- Comprehensive and up-to-date
- Numerous handy hints on usage
- Invaluable for vocabulary building
- British and American spelling conventions
- Clear explanations of the rules and exceptions
- Extensive exercises for self-testing
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Answer keys
This book is written by the same author who co-wrote First English Grammar for Learners and English Grammar for Students. Anne Seaton is an Oxford graduate in Classics and a former senior editor with W & R Chambers of Edinburgh. She has contributed to Chambers 21st Century Dictionary, Encarta World English Dictionary and New Penguin English Dictionary.
There are no teacher's guides nor workbooks for Understanding Spelling. There is a DO IT YOURSELF spelling exercise at the end of each session.
Please note that British spellings and terms are used.
Understanding Spelling 1. The Alphabet and Its Sounds
2. English Spelling Devices
3. Grammatical Word Endings that Affect Spelling
- The -ing form: the present participle or verbal noun
- The -ed form: the simple past tense and past participle
- The -s form in verbs: the third person singular, present tense
- The -s form in nouns: plurals
- -er and -est in adjectives: forming the comparative and superlative
- Adding -ly: formation of adverbs
4. Other Word Endings: Lists and Spelling Points
- -able, -ible?
- -acy, -asy
- -al
- -ance, -ence
- -ary, -ery, -ory
- -cede, -ceed
- -sede
- -en
- -er, -or, -ar
- -ess
- -ful
- -hood
- -ify, -efy
- -ious, -eous
- -ish
- -ism
- -ist
- -ity, -ety
- -eity
- -iety
- -ize, -ise
- -yse, -yze
- -less
- -ment
- -ness
- -our
- -ous
- -some
- -some
- -tion, -sion
- -cion
- -Y
- -y or -ie?
5. Words Beginnings: Some Spelling Points
- anti- or ante?
- dis-
- for- or fore-
- in-, il-, im-, ir-
- mis-
- non-
- re-
- un-
6. Some Words Components: Latin, Greek and other Elements
7. Abbreviations and Acronyms
8. Apostrophes
- Contractions
- Possessive Apostrophe
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9. Hyphens
- Hyphens for Clarity
- Compound Nouns
- Compound Adjectives
- Compound Verbs
- Hyphens in Word Division
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10. A Note on the Behaviour of Letter L
- -Il at the end of one-syllable, one-vowel words
- Doubling l before adding word endings
- Dropping one l from -ll
11. A Note on American-English Spelling
- Il and l
- pp and p
- -ize and ise
- -or and -our
- -er and -re
- -log and -logue
- oe, ae and e
- -se and -ce
- ss and s
- Random variations
12. Words that Cause Spelling Problems
13. Words Sometimes Confused
Appendix 1
Irregular Verbs
Appendix 2
Answers
Samples
Chapter 3: Grammatical Word Endings that Affect Spelling
Chapter 4: Other Word Endings: Lists and Spelling Points
Chapter 13: Words Sometimes Confused
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