Converse of object

• become: Young Socrates: Clearly for the sake of his becoming a better speller in all such cases.

• do: Again, we probably all forget occasionally to run the spell-checker, and good spellers probably forget more than do poor spellers.

Adjective modifier

• poor: Yes, Jane at age 8 was a poor speller.

• bad: The reproduced report cards shows Jane got a 59 in spelling at age 5. There is hope for the bad spellers.

• good: Young Socrates: Clearly for the sake of his becoming a better speller in all such cases.

• young: BBC 1 is on the search again for Britain's best young speller.

• excellent: I have always been an excellent speller but this teacher gave me a hard time about writing my test with my left hand.

• reluctant: Published by Barrington Stoke for reluctant spellers of all ages.