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  2. Alphabetic principle - Wikipedia

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    The alphabetic principle is closely tied to phonics, as it is the systematic relationship between spoken words and their visual representation (letters). The alphabetic principle does not underlie logographic writing systems like Chinese or syllabic writing systems such as Japanese kana.

  3. English orthography - Wikipedia

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    The spelling indicates the insertion of /ᵻ/ before the /z/ in the spelling - es , but does not indicate the devoiced /s/ distinctly from the unaffected /z/ in the spelling - s . The abstract representation of words as indicated by the orthography can be considered advantageous since it makes etymological relationships more apparent to English ...

  4. Spelling - Wikipedia

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    Spelling is a set of conventions for written language regarding how graphemes should correspond to the sounds of spoken language. [1] Spelling is one of the elements of orthography, and highly standardized spelling is a prescriptive element. Spellings originated as transcriptions of the sounds of speech according to the alphabetic principle.

  5. Principal - Wikipedia

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    Principal (academia), the chief executive of a university Principal (education), the head of a school; Principal (civil service) or principal officer, the senior management level in the UK Civil Service; Principal dancer, the top rank in ballet; Principal (music), the top rank in an orchestra

  6. American and British English grammatical differences

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    [1]: 23 [2] The term the Government always takes a plural verb in British civil service convention, perhaps to emphasise the principle of cabinet collective responsibility. [3] Compare also the following lines of Elvis Costello's song "Oliver's Army": Oliver's Army is here to stay / Oliver's Army are on their way .

  7. The following is a handy reference for editors, listing various common spelling differences between national varieties of English. Please note: If you are not familiar with a spelling, please do some research before changing it – it may be your misunderstanding rather than a mistake, especially in the case of American and British English spelling differences.

  8. Vice-principal - Wikipedia

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    Unlike the principal, the vice-principal does not have quite the decision-making authority that the principal carries. Although they still carry nearly the same authority among students, vice-principals do not have the same power on the board. Experience as an assistant principal is often a prerequisite for advancement to a principalship.

  9. Phonics - Wikipedia

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    Reading by using phonics is often referred to as decoding words, sounding-out words or using print-to-sound relationships.Since phonics focuses on the sounds and letters within words (i.e. sublexical), [13] it is often contrasted with whole language (a word-level-up philosophy for teaching reading) and a compromise approach called balanced literacy (the attempt to combine whole language and ...