Henry Care, The Tutor to True English (1687)

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Date

1687

Author

Henry Care Note: 30/09/2005

Book title

The Tutor To True English: Or, Brief and Plain Directions, Whereby all that can Read and Write, May attain to Orthography, (Or the Exact Writing of English) As Readily as if bred Scholars. Very much Conducing likewise to the due Sounding and perfect Reading all sorts of Words used in the English Tongue. With an Introduction to Arithmetic, More Easie than any yet Extant. And several other Observations of General Use: Especially for the Youth of either Sex, and Forreigners

Publication place

London

Publisher

George Larkin

Text type

printed book

Genre

Spelling

Subject area

spelling

Word-group

type: alphabetical

Word-entry

type: headword
sample: Note, There are two Forms of S used in writing; the long &longs;, which is always put in the beginning or middle of words, and the short s, which only comes in the end, or after another &longs;; As, &longs;ubstantial, A&longs;se&longs;ments; not substantial, A&longs;&longs;esment&longs;. (p. 3)