Spelling the Easy Way (Barron's Easy Way)

By Joseph E. Mersand, Francis J. Griffith, Kathryn O'D. Griffith

Book Overview

Here's a book that tells students why they misspell--and how to improve. Includes a 10,000-word ready reference list, help for Spanish-speaking students, tips on hyphens, apostrophes, capitalization... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812091434
• ISBN13: 9780812091434
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.8" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

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With jobs so scarce lately, I thought I'd spend my time reviewing basic skills while I waited for the phone to ring. One of the skills employers and agencies test for admin jobs is spelling. When jobs are plentiful, who cares. I get 100% on word processing tests; I know how to use spell check. Since I have to compete for a limited number of jobs, I got serious about each test. This book starts with a mammoth list of commonly misspelled words. It's great as a reference. Skip to the chapters with the rules. I did a read through followed by a close reading of the first three rules chapters. I got 100% on a computerized spelling test for business and legal terms today -- which didn't include the obvious words like mortgage, committee, bookkeeping, and government. I know I would have gotten several of the test words wrong if I hadn't reviewed this book. My next purchase in this series will be Business Mathematics the Easy Way.