Spelling Simplified.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Spelling Makes SEnse -- Part I: The Patterns of English -- Chapter 1: How to Use This Book -- Chapter 2: Check Your Hearing -- Chapter 3: Syllables and Stress -- Chapter 4: Big Words Come from Little Ones -- Part II: Regularities in Native English Words -- Chapter 5: Native English Word Endings -- Chapter 6: When to Double Consonants -- Chapter 7: Helping e -- Part III: Irregularities in Native English Words -- Chapter 8: The Consonant Sound z -- Chapter 9: The Consonant Sound s -- Chapter 10: The Consonant Sounds v and k -- Chapter 11: The Consonant Sound j -- Chapter 12: A Double Sound Represented by One Letter: x -- Chapter 13: Consonant Cluster: qu, ng, wh, ch, sh, and le -- Chapter 14: Silent Consonants and Other Demons -- Part IV: Words Derived from Greek and Latin -- Chapter 15: Regularities in Greek- and Latin-Derived Words -- Chapter 16: The Latin zh and sh Sounds -- Chapter 17: Special Greek-Derived Spellings: ph, y, ch (and rh, mn, pn, and ps) -- Part V: Invasion Words -- Chapter 18: Patterns in Invasion Words -- Chapter 19: Irregular Spellings of Vowel Sounds -- Chapter 20: Vowel Sounds from Other Languages -- Bibliography -- Appendix A: A Directory of Spelling Demons -- Appendix B: Greek- and Latin-Derived Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots -- Answers to Excercises.

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