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To investigate the usefulness of the cut spelling system and whether or not it should be introduced to schools.
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TO-The Secretary of state for Education FROM-Miss Lauren Charlotte Howells DATE-Thursday 9th February 2006 SUBJECT- To investigate the usefulness of the cut spelling system and whether or not it should be introduced to schools. The cut spelling system is the removal of redundant letters and was founded by Valerie Yule. The English spelling that we have at present has been said to be too difficult for most people, even after eleven years old barely half of English speakers become confident spellers unlike Italian children who can spell accurately after two years at school. English as it is, often spells identical sounds in different ways such as "seem" "team" "convene" "sardine" "protein" "fiend" "people" "he" "key" "ski" "debris" and "quay". Spellers have to learn and remember these differences; it takes many years of learning and testing. If the "EE" sound was always spelt as "ee" it would save learners a lot of time and effort....
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