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Introductory ....... 1

The matter in hand, no trifle ..... 5

Examples: American debasements. . . . 8

Chatterton's imposture 7

Detection of St. Peter by his speech. . . 8

Omitting the "u" in words ending in " -our ". . 10

"Neighbour". . 11

"Control". . ...... 13

"Tenor" and "tenour" ..... 13

Phonetic spelling. . . . . ..14

"Ent" and "ant". . .'..'. . 18

"In-" or "en-" in compound words. . . 19

"Ecstasy "and "apostasy". ... 20

"Lay" and "lie". . . . . . 20

The apostrophe of the genitive singular. . .21

What is the apostrophe ? . . ..... 24

Plurals of compound names. . . - 26

"Attorneys" and "moneys". . . . 28

"Means". . . . ' . . . .28

"News". . . ... .... 29

"Mewses". . .'.'./. . . 30

"Summons" ........ 31

" Diocess " or " diocese " 33

Division of a word between lines. . . . 33

"To" and "too" ... .. .35

Doubling the final letter, 35