Editing English-language spelling reform (section)

==Further reading==
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* Bell, Masha (2004), ''Understanding English Spelling'', Cambridge: Pegasus
* Bell, Masha (2012), [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spelling-it-out-ebook/dp/B008GKU1ZA/ SPELLING IT OUT: the problems and costs of English spelling], ebook
* Bell, Masha (2017), ''[https://www.amazon.co.uk/English-Spelling-Explained-Masha-Bell/dp/1910903086/ English Spelling Explained]'', Cambridge, Pegasus
* [http://www.childrenofthecode.org/ Children of the Code] An extensive, in depth study of the illiteracy problem.
* Crystal, David. ''Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling'' (St. Martin's Press, 2013)
* Condorelli, M. (2022). Pragmatic Framework. In ''Standardising English Spelling: The Role of Printing in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-century Graphemic Developments'' (Studies in English Language, pp.&nbsp;40–58). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
* {{cite book|first=Gabe|last=Henry|title=Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell|year=2025|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|isbn=9780063360235}}
* Hitchings, Henry. ''The language wars: a history of proper English'' (Macmillan, 2011)
* Kiisk, Allan (2013) ''Simple Phonetic English Spelling - Introduction to Simpel-Fonetik, the Single-Sound-per-Letter Writing Method'', in printed, audio and e-book versions, Tate Publishing, Mustang, Oklahoma.
* Kiisk, Allan (2012) ''Simpel-Fonetik Dictionary - For International Version of Writing in English'', Tate Publishing, Mustang, Oklahoma.
* Lynch, Jack. ''The Lexicographer's Dilemma: The Evolution of 'Proper' English, from Shakespeare to South Park'' (Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2009)
* Marshall, David F. "The Reforming of English Spelling". ''Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity: The Success-Failure Continuum in Language and Ethnic Identity Efforts'' (2011) 2:113+
* Wolman, David. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090217173652/http://www.rightingthemothertongue.com/ ''Righting the Mother Tongue: From Olde English to Email, the Tangled Story of English Spelling'']. HarperCollins, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-06-136925-4}}.
* Zimmerman, Jonathan. "Simplified Spelling and the Cult of Efficiency in the 'Progressiv' Era." ''Journal of the Gilded Age & Progressive Era'' (2010) 9#3 pp.&nbsp;365–394