عنوان

Goof-proof spelling

(Number (ISBN

1576854264 )pbk. : alk. paper(

Title Proper

Goof-proof spelling

First Statement of Responsibility

Felice Primeau Devine

Edition Statement

1st ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

LearningExpress,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2002

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xvi, 98 p.

Text of Note

Word parts -- Roots -- Prefixes -- Suffixes -- Syllables -- Homophones -- Learn the goof-proof rules -- Use mnemonics -- Sound words out -- Think about meaning -- Use flash cards -- Visit helpful spelling and vocabulary websites -- When to use IE and EI -- When to use IA and AI -- Overwhelming vowel combinations -- Doubling final consonants -- Sneaky silent consonants -- The hard and soft sides of the letter C -- "G" whiz! G can be soft or hard, too! -- Regular plurals, when to just add -s and when to add -es -- Pesky plurals -- The funky F--making words plural when they end in F or Fe -- When to drop a final E -- When to keep a final y, when to change it to I -- Adding endings to words that end with a C -- Apostrophes, the attraction of contractions -- Apostrophes, the politics of possessives -- Abbreviations -- Heavy-handed with hyphens -- Creating compound words, adding a word to a word -- Past tense -- Commonly confused words -- Mon Dieu! foreign language words buck all the rules! -- Learning legal terms -- Bumbling over business terms -- Tripping over technology terms -- Literary terms, not just for English 101!

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English language^aOrthography and spelling--Problems, exercises, etc

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Spellers

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Book number

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Devine, Felice Primeau

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Title

English Book