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Prof Argues for Looser Spelling

English-speaking pupils hamstrung by non-phonetic words, apostrophes

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 8, 2008 2:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – A British academic argues that English-speaking schoolchildren waste time learning the peculiarities of spelling, and should be given more freedom to spell phonetically, the Times of London reports. Children studying in languages with more phonetic writing systems, like Finnish or Italian, don’t need to... Read full story »

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