One Step Ahead Ser.: Spelling by R. E. Allen (2002, Uk-Trade Paper)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100198603835
ISBN-139780198603832
eBay Product ID (ePID)2244358

Product Key Features

Number of Pages128 Pages
Publication NameSpelling
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2002
SubjectVocabulary, Writing Skills, Word Lists
TypeNot Available
Subject AreaReference, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorR. E. Allen
SeriesOne Step Ahead Ser.
FormatUk-Trade Paper

Dimensions

Item Weight6.3 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.7 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN2002-066307
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentContentsSection A1. Helping yourself2. Sounds and lettersSection B 3. Problem areas and how to deal with them4. Endings and changes5. Looking back: how spelling got to be so difficultSection BIndex
SynopsisA lively and practical guide to making spelling easy, this book aims to help you improve your spelling skills as well as understand the reasons for your spelling problems and learn how to deal with them. In two sections - one giving step-by-step guidance on how to help yourself, and the other a quick-reference section - it is user-friendly and designed to make an often-forbidding subject readable. It includes information on words of foreign origin, using a dictionary effectively, using a spell-checker, knowing your spelling weaknesses, coping with confusables, debunking spelling myths, British and American English differences and capitalization, and includes boxes of confused spellings, as well as lists of word endings (eg -able or -ible, -acy or -asy) and noun and verb spellings, proper nouns, silent consonants., A lively and practical guide to making spelling easy, this book will help you improve your spelling skills as well as understand the reasons for your spelling problems and how to deal with them. In two sections-one giving step-by-step guidance on how to help yourself, and the other a quick reference section-it is user-friendly and designed to make an often-forbidding subject readable. Illustrated: cartoons, boxes, 'dos' and 'don'ts', easy to follow sectionsPractical: how to work out spelling patterns, how words change because of grammar, double and single letters (eg disappoint, accommodation), words of foreign origin, using a dictionary effectively, using a spell-checker, and moreProblem solving: knowing your spelling 'weaknesses', coping with confusables, debunking spelling myths, British and American English differences, capitalizationWordlists: boxes of confused spellings, as well as lists of word endings (eg -able or -ible, -acy or -asy) and noun and verb spellings, proper nouns, silent consonants
LC Classification NumberPE1145.2.A45 2002
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