Perhaps there are people who are always one hundred percent sure of their spelling, but invariably it turns out that they are merely fooling themselves. For, as someone once said, there are three certainties in life: death, taxes and misspelling.

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How to master the most difficult-to-spell words andnames in the English language.

the most commonly misspelt words,with rules to keep and rules to break

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Collins Wordpower is a series of compact,comprehensive and user-friendly guides to English usage:the Real English guides to Real English.

Graham King

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Introduction

The 2000 Most Misspelt Words

The Famous Broken Rule of Spelling: I before E except after C

The Horrors of Hyphenation

Problem Proper Nouns and Commonly Misspelt Names

Kingsley Amis on Spelling

A Novel Spelling Test

Collins Wordpower Terminal Test of Spelling Skill

Answers to the Terminal Test: Marking and Scoring

Appendix A: Ways to Improve Your Spelling

Appendix B: Some Spellirlg Rules

Appendix C: The Apostrophe

Appendix D: American Spelling