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Authors: Joseph Mersand, Kathryn O'D Griffith
ISBN-13: 9780764134104, ISBN-10: 0764134108
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
Date Published: May 2006
Edition: 4TH

Author Biography: Joseph Mersand

Book Synopsis

(back cover)
ALL THE ESSENTIALS IN ONE CLEAR

VOLUME

by Joseph Mersand,
Francis Griffith,
and Kathryn Griffith

Features a 10,000-word Ready-Reference spelling list, alphabetically arranged and divided into syllables

Additional lists of hundreds of commonly misspelled words

Achievement tests keyed to chapters with all questions answered

Why We Misspell

Rules for Spelling

How to Become a Good Speller

Special Learning Devices

Troublesome Words

Word Building Advice

Computer English as a Second Language

Business Terms

Mnemonics

	Introduction	v
	Spelling Pretest	vii
	The Importance of Spelling
1	Why Bother to Spell Correctly	3
2	Why Is Spelling So Difficult	5
	Linguistic Change	5
	Our Confusing Alphabet	6
	Homonyms and Homophones	7
	More Confusing Word Pairs	8
	Regional Pronunciations	9
3	Why We Misspell	10
	Mispronunciation	10
	Hasty Reading	12
	Infrequent Reading	12
	Faulty Observation	12
	Failure to Consult the Dictionary	13
4	How to Become a Good Speller	14
	Learn the Rules and Develop Memory Devices	14
	Consult the Dictionary	15
	Using a Dictionary for Pronunciation and Spelling	16
	Make Your Own Spelling List	17
	Listen Attentively	17
5	Mnemonics	19
	Focusing on Words Frequently Misspelled	19
	Acronyms in Mnemonics	20
	Acronyms ... Plus	20
	Mnemonics and the Telephone	21
	Rules for Spelling
6	Better Spelling by Ear	25
7	Some Special Problems	33
	IE and EI	33
	-SEDE, -CEED, -CEDE	37
8	Prefixes	39
	A List of Common Prefixes	39
	Adding a Prefix	41
	Pay Attention to PER-, PRE-, PRO-	43
9	Confusing Suffixes	45
	Words Ending in -ABLE, -IBLE	45
	The Adverbial Suffix -LY	48
	Words Ending in -OUS	49
	Troublesome Affixes -AL, -EL, -LE	51
	Words Ending in -ER or -OR	55
	Words Ending in -AR	56
	Words Ending in -ANCE, -ENCE	57
	Words Ending in -ENSE	59
	Words Ending in -ARY, -ERY	60
	Words Ending in -ISE, -IZE	61
10	Plurals of Nouns	63
	Regular Plurals	63
	Nouns Ending in a Sibilant Sound	63
	Nouns Ending in Long O	64
	Nouns Ending in -F or -FE	65
	Nouns Ending in -Y	67
	Special Situations	68
11	The Final -Y	73
	The -Y Preceded by a Vowel	73
	The -Y Preceded by a Consonant	75
12	The Final -E	78
	Dropping the Final -E	79
	Retaining the Final -E	84
	Unusual Situations	86
13	Doubling Final Consonants	90
	One-Syllable Words	90
	Words of More Than One Syllable	91
	Special Situations	93
	How Consonants Determine Meaning	94
14	English as a Second Language	98
	Minimal Differences in Spelling	98
	Special Devices
15	The Hyphen	115
	Compound Adjectives	115
	Compound Nouns	119
	Compound Numbers and Fractions	120
	Compounds with Certain Particles	120
	Used for Clarity	123
	Used to Divide Words	123
16	The Apostrophe	125
	To Show Contraction	125
	To Show Possession	125
	To Avoid Repetition of S Sound	127
	To Indicate Double Ownership	127
17	Capital Letters	129
	Basic Principles	129
	Proper Nouns	129
	Books, Plays, Music	131
18	Spelling Abbreviations	133
	The Calendar	133
	Business and Postal Terms	134
	Personal Titles	136
	Measurement Terms	136
	Troublesome Words
19	Homonyms and Homophones and Other Confusing Pairs of Words	141
	Homonyms and Homophones	141
	Other Confusing Pairs of Words	151
20	Word Building	156
	Word Families	156
21	Most Frequently Misspelled Words	159
	The One Hundred Pests	159
	Business Terms	160
22	Computer Terms	164
	Computer Acronyms	164
23	Medical Terms	168
	Medical Terms	168
	Measuring Your Progress
24	Achievement Tests	177
	Achievement Test 1	177
	Achievement Test 2	180
	Achievement Test 3	181
	Achievement Test 4	184
	Achievement Test 5	186
	Achievement Test 6	189
	Achievement Test 7	191
25	Answer Key	193
	For Chapters 4-23	193
	For Achievement Tests 1-7	206
	10,000 Word Ready Reference Spelling List	211

Subjects

Reference

English-language Reference

Spelling
Nonfiction