Highly irregular why tough, through, and dough don't rhyme-and other oddities of the English language
"Perhaps you're reading a book and stop to puzzle over absurd spelling rules, or you hear someone talking and get stuck on an expression, or your kid quizzes you on homework. Suddenly you ask yourself, "Wait, why do we do it this way?" You think about it, try to explain it, and k...
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Main Author: | Okrent, Arika (Author) |
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Other Authors: | O'Neill, Sean, 1968- (Illustrator) |
Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2021]
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