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Crystal, David (2012). Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling. London: Profile Books Ltd
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At 328 pages, Spell It Out's 36 chapters and 'Teaching Appendix' are obviously short. They are also generally
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35 events from this source recorded
1471
Caxton's first book printed
1476
Caxton introduces the printing press to England
1535
Coverdale's translation of the bible published
1569
John Hart's 'Orthographie' published
1580
Bullokar's 'Booke at Large' published
1580
Bullokar's "Short Introduction"
1582
Mulcaster's 'The first part of the Elementarie' published
1604
Robert Cawdrey publishes 'A table Alphabeticall'
1695
'The Writing Scholar's Companion: or, Infallible Rules for Writing True English' published
1754
Lord Chesterfield's letter to The World
1755
Johnson publishes 'A dictionary of the English Language'
1769
Falconer's "Naval Dictionary"
1783
Webster publishes 1st book of "A Grammatical Institute of the English Language".
1789
Webster's 'Dissertations' published
1795
Lindley Murray's 'English Grammar, adapted to the different classes of learners' published
1805
Norrie's "Naval Dictionary"
1828
Webster publishes "An American Dictionary of the English Language".
1852
National Typographic Union founded
1854
London Association Of Correctors of the Press founded
1859
Worcester's "Dictionary"
1861
Government Printing Office founded
1864
Alford's 'The Queens English' published
1887
Government Printing Office style guide
1890
Dropping of final 'h' in -burgh place names in US
1890
Board of Geographic Names established
1893
OUP style guide issued
1897
Rice's "The Futility of the Spelling Grind"
1898
1st volume of Joseph Wright's 'English Dialect Dictionary'
1906
Chicago Manual of Style issued
1994
"A Survey of English Spelling"
2004
Cook's "Accomodating Brocolli"
2005
Pocket Spelling Book
2007
Parkinson's "I Before E"
2009
"Support for Spelling"
2011
"A History of English Spelling"