Table of Contents Subject ......................................................................... Page Introduction ................................................................... 8-9 I. LETTERS................................................................ 11-36 A. Alphabet ............................................................. 11 1. Vowels ............................................................. 11 2. Consonants ..................................................... 11 B. Pronunciation ..................................................... 12-13 C. Spelling .............................................................. 14-23 1. Spelling suggestions (including rules) ............. 15-20 2. American vs. British English spelling ............... 21-23 D. Capitalization (including rules) ........................... 24-31 E. Short cuts ........................................................... 32-33 1. Initials .............................................................. 32 2. Acronyms......................................................... 32 3. Abbreviations................................................... 33 4. Short forms ...................................................... 33 Exercises ................................................................ 34-36 II. PARTS OF A WORD ............................................. 37-40 A. Word analysis..................................................... 37-38 1. Prefixes............................................................ 37 2. Roots ............................................................... 38 3. Suffixes............................................................ 38-39 B. Syllables ............................................................. 39 1. Word division ................................................... 39 2. Stress .............................................................. 39 Exercises ................................................................ 40 III. WORDS ................................................................ 41-92 A. Etymology........................................................... 41-46 1. Word origins .................................................... 41 2. History ............................................................. 42 3. Modern words.................................................. 42-46 a. Foreign words (and gender in English)......... 43-44 b. Neologisms (and outdated words)................ 45 c. Eponyms....................................................... 46
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