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The distinctiveness principle in English spelling: “An eye for an I, a too for a two”
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The distinctiveness principle in English spelling: “An eye for an I, a too for a two”

Posted on May 19, 2018January 18, 2020 by A2dez

Why are the words two, to and too spelt differently, even though they sound the same? What about meat and meet? Or catarrh and Qatar? Or OutKast and outcast? And  why do greet and great not rhyme? The answer lies…

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