Why Big Businesses Break Spelling Rules.

Nilsen, Alleen Pace

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ERIC Number: EJ490720

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Why Big Businesses Break Spelling Rules.

Nilsen, Alleen Pace

English Journal, v83 n5 p48-53 Sep 1994

Describes the reasons that companies frequently misspell words that are part of product names. Provides many examples of such misspellings, along with an analysis of why the words were misspelled. (HB)

Descriptors: Advertising, Business, Creative Writing, English Curriculum, English Instruction, High Schools, Spelling, Writing Processes

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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