Eyes Before Ease
Published on 16. August 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-07-145954-9 (ISBN)
Description
Is spelling still important in the age of spellcheckers? Ask Dan Quayle
Part guide to better spelling, part paean to an endangered art, Eyes Before Ease is filled with fascinating trivia, historical asides, astute personal observations, and good-natured humor about why spelling is still important--even with the advent of spellcheckers. Professor Larry Beason argues that spelling is more than just the correct arrangement of letters--it sheds light on the human experience itself. It lets us communicate with other people, it indicates (right or wrong) our intelligence, and also brings us together as a community.
Beason also explains why our particular spelling system is so difficult, how to become a better speller, and why you should never trust a cyborg for the correct spelling of a homophone.
Part guide to better spelling, part paean to an endangered art, Eyes Before Ease is filled with fascinating trivia, historical asides, astute personal observations, and good-natured humor about why spelling is still important--even with the advent of spellcheckers. Professor Larry Beason argues that spelling is more than just the correct arrangement of letters--it sheds light on the human experience itself. It lets us communicate with other people, it indicates (right or wrong) our intelligence, and also brings us together as a community.
Beason also explains why our particular spelling system is so difficult, how to become a better speller, and why you should never trust a cyborg for the correct spelling of a homophone.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-145954-9 (9780071459549)
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Person
Larry Beason (Mobile, AL) is an award-winning professor and director of the English composition program at the University of South Alabama. He has written numerous academic articles and given presentations on rhetoric, grammar, business communication, teaching, and the English language. For McGraw-Hill, Beaton is the coauthor of The McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage with Mark Lester and the author of Eyes Before Ease.