Improve Your Spelling
The Key to Mistake-free Writing
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2002
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-5913-9 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-5913-9 (ISBN)
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This is the key to mistake-free writing. It begins with a list outliningin context the different ways of spelling consonants, vowels and their similar sounds and gives the main rules of spelling.
Transferring' or 'transfering'? 'Accommodation' or 'accomodation'? 'Weird' or 'weird'? 'If I receive a job application with a spelling error in it, I bin it immediately!' So says an influential publishing executive. Which goes to show how critical good spelling is. Improve Your Spelling is the key to mistake-free writing. It begins with a list outlining in context the different ways of spelling consonants, vowels, and their similar sounds (a, ai and ay, -tion, -sion and -cion), and gives the main rules of spelling. There follows an A-Z list of more than 60,000 of the most commonly misspelt words and their various forms. It includes frequently made errors (e.g. fetal, kaki, rythm), which are marked with a cross and referred to the correct spelling (foetal, khaki, rhythm). Words which can be confused because they sound similar (horde/hoard, pour/pore, rain/reign) are cross-referred to each other, with a brief definition to identify the correct form. Frequently misspelt trademarks (Burberry, Jacuzzi) and names of places (Mississippi, Leicester) and famous people (Thomas a Becket, Napoleon Bonaparte) are also featured.
Published in a handy format, Improve Your Spelling is an invaluable tool, whether for composing an effective letter, producing the perfect essay, or simply avoiding the embarrassment of poor spelling."
Transferring' or 'transfering'? 'Accommodation' or 'accomodation'? 'Weird' or 'weird'? 'If I receive a job application with a spelling error in it, I bin it immediately!' So says an influential publishing executive. Which goes to show how critical good spelling is. Improve Your Spelling is the key to mistake-free writing. It begins with a list outlining in context the different ways of spelling consonants, vowels, and their similar sounds (a, ai and ay, -tion, -sion and -cion), and gives the main rules of spelling. There follows an A-Z list of more than 60,000 of the most commonly misspelt words and their various forms. It includes frequently made errors (e.g. fetal, kaki, rythm), which are marked with a cross and referred to the correct spelling (foetal, khaki, rhythm). Words which can be confused because they sound similar (horde/hoard, pour/pore, rain/reign) are cross-referred to each other, with a brief definition to identify the correct form. Frequently misspelt trademarks (Burberry, Jacuzzi) and names of places (Mississippi, Leicester) and famous people (Thomas a Becket, Napoleon Bonaparte) are also featured.
Published in a handy format, Improve Your Spelling is an invaluable tool, whether for composing an effective letter, producing the perfect essay, or simply avoiding the embarrassment of poor spelling."
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 3.6.2002 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 240 g |
| Einbandart | Paperback |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Erwachsenenbildung |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7475-5913-9 / 0747559139 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7475-5913-9 / 9780747559139 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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