Brown, James I.; Pearsall, Thomas E.

Better Spelling : Fourteen Steps to Spelling Improvement

Introduction vii Diagnosis 1(16) Using Your Dictionary 17(10) Part One Auditory-Centered Problems Words with ie, ei 27(4) Final y 31(6) The Final Consonant Rule 37(6) Vowel Length 43(6) Pronunciation Difficulties 49(6) Unstressed Vowels 55(6) Sound-Alikes 61(18) Part Two Visual-Centered Problems Additive Elements 79(4) Final Silent e 83(6) Assimilative Changes 89(8) Plurals 97(14) The Hyphen 111(6) Apostrophes 117(10) The Demons 127(6) Progress Check 133(6) A Final Word 139(2) Test and Exercise Keys 141(9) Appendix Core Words 150(4) Supplementary List 154(2) State Abbreviations and Metric Terms 156(1) Personal Spelling List 157