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- Whats the difference between orthography and spelling?
This means that spelling is only a part of orthography (spelling is part of a writing system), but orthography includes a lot more than just spelling That is where the difference between orthography and spelling lies
- orthography - Use of “f ” instead of “s” in historic, printed English . . .
I was at a museum in London yesterday, and one of the items on exhibit is a document from the eighteenth century It uses the letter f a lot where s should be used—for example, in Majefty Did the
- orthography - What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ . . .
Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?
- orthography - Are spelling, punctuation and capitalization part of . . .
That definition doesn't justify the conclusion you cite However, language is not necessarily "spoken"; strong evidence exists that language is gestural in origin As such, the refined gestures captured by writing systems, including spelling, punctuation, and capitalization, are indeed part of grammar Despite the indiscriminate and blind partisan rejection of competing theories, the notion
- orthography - Is it makeup or make-up or make up? - English Language . . .
If you take a makeup test, is it correct to call it a makeup, make up, or make-up test? I know that makeup is also what some people put on their faces to look different I think that make-up is wh
- orthography - unparseable vs. unparsable - English Language Usage . . .
What is the correct spelling of this word? See the discussion at (Codespell) false positive: unparseable
- orthography - What is this famous example of the absurdity of English . . .
This isn't strictly about the pronunciation of phonemes, all the phonemes in fɪʃ are being pronounced as usual, rather this has to do with an incorrect application of the rules linking orthography to phonology
- orthography - Whats the proper way to handwrite a lowercase letter A . . .
Setting aside the question of "proper," you can get a clear idea of what is taught (at least in the US) by googling, e g , "alphabet line" or "alphabet strip for classroom" (the model letters put up in classrooms) I believe every one of the images that came up for me has some form of the OP's version 2 for a printed a (At some point as an adult I switched over to the other a (fig 1
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