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ENGLISH SPELLING
AND
SPELLING REFORM
BY
THOMAS R. LOUNSBURY, LL.D., L.H.D.
Emeritus Professor of English in Yale University
NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
MCMIX
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Books by
THOMAS R. LOUNSBURY
English Spelling and Spelling Reform.
Post 8vo. net $1.50
The Standard of Usage in English.
Post 8vo. net $1.50
The Standard of Pronunciation in English.
Post 8vo. net 1.50
Studies in Chaucer.3 Vols.
8vo. 9.00
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, N. Y.
Copyright, 1909, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
Published October, 1909.
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TO
BRANDER MATTHEWS
AS A TRIBUTE TO A FELLOW-COMBATANT IN
A COMMON CAUSE, AND A TESTIMONIAL OF
THE LONG-CONTINUED FRIENDSHIP OF YEARS
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CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| I. | Confessions of a Spelling Reformer | 1 | |
| II. | Attitude of the Educated | 56 | |
| III. | The Orthographic Situation | 94 | |
| I. | THE PROBLEM | 94 | |
| II. | MOVEMENT OF VOWEL-SOUNDS | 100 | |
| III. | THE VOWELS | 113 | |
| IV. | THE DIGRAPHS | 134 | |
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