Project Gutenberg 2006-12-18 Public domain in the USA. 78 G. W. White, John Abercrombie, David 1909 1992 White, John, master of a boarding-school Wild, John Magazine, or Animadversions on the English Spelling (1703) Los Angeles : $b The Augustan Reprint Society, $c 1958 Augustan Reprint Society, Publication Number 70 Library of Congress catalog record http://lccn.loc.gov/70364698 says "The author may have been John White ... It may be, however, that the author ... was John Wild." Produced by Louise Hope, David Starner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Magazine, or Animadversions on the English Spelling" by G. W. is a pamphlet focused on the inconsistencies of English orthography, written in the early 18th century. This work falls under the category of linguistic reform and critiques the complex nature of English spelling, presenting its observations during a time when spelling reform received little attention. The book discusses the illogicalities of traditional English spelling, advocating for improvements to facilitate teaching and learning. In this pamphlet, G. W. presents a detailed analysis of the English alphabet, arguing that many letters and vowel combinations create unnecessary confusion for learners. He critiques the various ways vowels and consonants are used, suggesting a need for a new alphabet with simplified symbols to enhance clarity and efficiency. Through numerous examples, he illustrates the difficulties faced by both native speakers and foreigners in mastering English spelling. G. W. proposes that implementing a more coherent spelling reform could not only ease the learning process but also contribute to a more logical representation of English sounds in writing. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English language -- Orthography and spelling -- Early works to 1800 Spelling reform -- Early works to 1800 PE Text Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature 116161 115727 2024-09-09T04:01:18.384088 2023-09-09T06:55:24.797035 text/html text/html 110500 2006-12-18T12:21:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 496193 2006-12-18T12:26:36 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 558063 2024-09-09T04:01:25.229056 application/epub+zip 557661 2024-09-09T04:01:20.999070 application/epub+zip 113270 2024-09-09T04:01:19.248578 application/epub+zip 923274 2024-09-09T04:01:27.972029 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 893123 2024-09-09T04:01:23.744072 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 245114 2022-09-09T12:58:02.190429 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 87462 2024-09-09T04:01:17.699619 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 91034 2006-12-18T12:20:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 37310 2006-12-18T12:26:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 87098 2006-12-18T12:23:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 35939 2006-12-18T12:26:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20673 2024-09-09T04:01:28.145079 application/rdf+xml 18208 2024-09-09T04:01:19.626140 image/jpeg 3916 2024-09-09T04:01:19.437047 image/jpeg 566885 2024-09-09T04:01:18.411640 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia