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Meanings of orthography in anglès

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A method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols.

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        Examples for "writing system"
        Examples for "writing system"
        1
        No actual writing system employs one strategy exclusively.
        Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies
        2
        A whole new writing system -unbelievablestuff.
        The Lost Sisterhood
        3
        Elm is a combination mailbox and letter- writing system that uses menus to help you navigate through mail.
        Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet
        4
        But I suspect, if we knew it well enough, we could record this conversation in the heptapod writing system.
        The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
        5
        Given a writing system that works well for one language, how do you devise a system for a different language?
        Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies
        Usage of orthography in anglès
        1
        It was all in the spirit of fun and of course, orthography.
        The Irish Times
        2
        The new generation is more proficient in video games than in orthography.
        The Civilization of Illiteracy
        3
        If one is deficient in orthography, the composition will betray this fault.
        The Arena, Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891
        4
        Some of the scholars really shouted at this new style of orthography.
        The Bobbin Boy; or, How Nat Got His learning
        5
        They wrote spontaneously, and often with reckless disregard of grammar and orthography.
        The Women of the French Salons
        6
        But no one discovered that any liberties had been taken with orthography.
        Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
        7
        This was, most likely, the true orthography of the Indian adventurer's name.
        The Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan
        8
        Why else should he question me about the orthography of that name?
        Charlotte's Inheritance
        9
        He read it through, thinking how admirably consistent were the style and orthography.
        Lucky Jim
        10
        A word as to the orthography of the names and places.
        With Clive in India; Or, The Beginnings of an Empire
        11
        In the following extracts, this word appears under a different orthography.
        A Collection of College Words and Customs
        12
        The trouble with him is that he attacked orthography at the wrong end.
        Mark Twain's Speeches
        13
        Borrowings from other languages have added to the uncertainties of orthography and gender.
        Maria Chapdelaine: A Tale of the Lake St. John Country
        14
        The pillars of state of English orthography at least seemed destined to totter.
        Emmy Lou: Her Book and Heart
        15
        This non-Bonaparte orthography touched the King and he began to smile.
        Les Misérables
        16
        Orthodoxy and orthography are by no means inseparable, as the following letter proves.
        The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 08, August, 1888
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        Orthography through the time
        Orthography across language varieties
        United Kingdom
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