RULES AND TERMS.


1. _What is Spelling?_
A distinct expression of the letters or sounds of a word in their
proper order.

2. _How many kinds of Spelling?_
Two.

3. _What are they?_
Orthographic and Phonic.

4. _What is Orthographic spelling?_
An expression of the letters of a written or printed word in their
proper order.

5. _What is Phonic spelling?_
An expression of the elementary sounds of a word in their proper
order, according to established usage.

6. _What is meant by good usage?_
The usage, or custom, of the best speakers and writers of the times.

7. _How do we know when we have spelled a word correctly?_
By reference to the Dictionary?