Only 155 of 2,005 misspellings occur in words on the Simplified Spelling Board's first recommended lists¶
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q2 i? Only 155 of the 2,005 misspellings occur in words contained in the lists first recommended by the Simplified Spelling Board, tempering claims about what those reforms would accomplish. → Foster 1911
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Foster 1911¶
Foster, W. T. (1911). The Spelling of College Students. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0070538
q2 · i? · associational · r1
Cross-tabulation of the Bowdoin theme errors against the Simplified Spelling Board's first recommended word lists. The article says this supports those who hold the Board's proposed reforms "would not accomplish all that is sometimes claimd."
"it may be noted that only 155 of the 2005 misspellings occur in words containd in the lists first recommended by the Board."
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Only 155 of 2,005 misspellings occur in words on the Simplified Spelling Board's first recommended lists |
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Only 155 of 2,005 misspellings occur in words on the Simplified Spelling Board's first recommended lists |
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