Anonymous, The Writing Scholar's Companion (1695)

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Date
1695
Author
Book title
The Writing Scholar's Companion: Or, Infallible Rules for Writing True English With Ease and Certainty: Drawn from the Grounds and Reasons of the English Tongue. Comprehending in a Full, Plain and Exact Method, whatever is necessary to be observed in Writing True English. In Three Parts. Composed for the Benefit of all such as are Industriously Ambitious of so Commendable an Ornament, as Writing True English is generally esteemed. Recommended especially to the Youth of both Sexes, and to be Taught in Schools
Publication place
London
Publisher
the author
Text type
printed book
Genre
Spelling
Subject area
spelling
Summary
"Chap. VI. Of Contractions or Abbreviations of several Words" (pp. 124-32); "Chap. VII. Of Words vulgarly spoken, and grosly mistaken in Writing" (pp. 132-34); "Chap. VIII. Of Words of the Like Sound, but Different Sence, and Various Spelling and Writting" (pp. 135-64); "Chap. IX. Proper and Common Names the like Sound, but different Orthography" (pp. 164-68)
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: q. for Quadrantes, Farthings. (p. 128)
dandur, for dandrif (p. 132)
ABsolute, Without exception: Obsolete, Out of use. (p. 135)
James, a Mans Name: Jambs, side Post of Doors. (p. 166)
Alston
IV.179
Wing
W3725A
Catalog
Kennedy 5740-41
Other editions
1704
Modern editions
  • E. Ekwall, Neudrucke frühneuenglischer Grammatiken, Bd. 6 (Halle, 1911)
Criticisms
Kern, K. L. Die Englische Lautentwicklung nach Right Spelling (1704) und anderen Grammatiken um 1700. n.p.: n.p., 1913. view record
Malone, Kemp. "Notes on the Writing Scholar's Companion (1695)." Modern Language Notes 39 (1924): 502-04. view record