Paul Bennett, one of the commenters in this blog, offers language advice to the readers of his website. There is a wealth of information in his Quick Language Guide for Writers, and of particular interest there is his section called Snares in pairs.
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Here a link to an amusing poem about English spelling by a Dutch writer:
http://grammar.about.com/od/alightersideofwriting/a/chaosverbpoem.htm