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