Друзья,сос: ) english spelling english first written down in the 6th century. at that time, writers use the twenty three letters of the latin alphabet to write down they heard. because english has sounds that do not exist in latin, they added letters to represent the forty-four sounds of english. this resulted some irregular spelling. after the norman invasion of england in 1066, french became the language spoken by the king and other people in positions of power and influence. many french words introduced and the spelling of many english words changed french patterns. the result was a rich and irregular mix spellings. the printing press was in the 15th century. many early printers of english texts spoke first languages, especially dutch. they often paid little attention how english words were spelled. sometimes technical decisions were made to give columns of print straight edges. to do letters were taken off the ends of words and sometimes added to words. with time, people became used to words spelled in the same way. fixed spellings were therefore created printers` decisions. spoken english, however, was not fixed. it continued to change, still does. that english spelling seems irregular. words such as although, through and cough, for example, all have the same spelling at the end, but are pronounced differently. words such as feet, meat and seize, on the other hand, are spelled differently but have same sound in the middle.3 1. a. was b. were c. is 2. a. had to b. were to c. must 3. a. what b. which c. that 4. a. had b. were c. been 5. a. followed b. follow c. to follow 6. a. of b. in c. from 7. a. invent b. invented c. inventing 8. a. other b. another c. others 9. a. at b. to c. on 10. a. this b. these c. such 11. a. see b. saw c. seeing 12. a. by b. on c. at 13. a. like b. as c. though 14. a. there is no wonder b. it is no wonder c. it is no wonder 15. a. - b. a c. the
English was first written down in the 6th century. At that time, writers had to use the 23 letters of the Latin alphabet to write down what they heard. Because English has sounds that do not exist in Latin, they added letters to represent the 44 sounds of English. This resulted in some irregular spelling. After the Norman invasion of England in 1066, French became the language spoken by the king and other people in positions of power and influence. Many French words were introduced and the spelling of many English words changed to follow French patterns. The result was a rich and irregular mix of spellings. The printing press was invented in the 15th century. Many early printers of English texts spoke other first languages, especially Dutch. They often paid little attention to how English words were spelled. Sometimes technical decisions were made to give columns of print straight edges. To do this, letters were taken off the ends of words and sometimes added to words. With time, people became used to seeing words spelled in the same way. Fixed spellings were therefore created by printers' decisions. Spoken English, however, was not fixed. It continued to change, as it still does. It is no wonder that English spelling seems irregular. Words such as although, through and cough, for example, all have the same spelling at the end, but are pronounced differently. Words such as feet, eat and seize on the other hand, are spelled differently but have the same sound in the middle.