Sentence examples for in matters of spelling from inspiring English sources

The graphic dress of the language is now so sacrosanct that dictionaries are used as authoritarian "style manuals" in matters of spelling, hyphenation, and syllabification.

The two Koreas differ in minor matters of spelling, alphabetization, and vocabulary choice (including the names of the letters), but both essentially endorse the unified standards proposed by the Korean Language Society in 1933.

Whereas the first spelling is the Portuguese way of spelling Brazil, the latter is the one used in English.

Mr. Berardino said that he had known that the government's decision in this matter could spell the end of the firm.

Usually, teachers subtract points for trivial matters, such as spelling.

Good spelling matters, of course, and as someone who has difficulty spelling even the simplest words aloud, I applaud anyone who dares compete in a spelling bee at any level.

Besides his father's phenomenal success at United there is the little matter of his spell at Aberdeen.

Dictionaries are more responsive to usage in the matter of pronunciation than they are in spelling.

In the era of spell check and auto-correct, does it matter that my son can't spell?

It is only proper that he comes before Parliament as a matter of urgency to spell out exactly what happened at Greenock Prison and in the alleged private meetings with Col Gaddafi's ministers.

Marguerite Leoni, a lawyer advising the city, said Vernon's jurisdiction over the matter is spelled out in its charter, which refers to the City Council as the "final judge of election results".