Question of stile
Unusual spellings in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility:
| Word | Modern spelling |
| stile | style |
| encreased | increased |
| dropt | dropped |
| inforced | enforced |
| stopt | stopped |
| expence | expense |
| may be | maybe |
| stedfast | steadfast |
| aukwardness | awkwardness |
| independance | independence |
| staid | stayed |
| chuse | choose |
| doatingly | dotingly |
| shew | show |
| wrapt | wrapped |
| biassed | biased |
| croud | crowd |
| lavendar | lavender |
| intreat | entreat |
| tremour | tremor |
| wo'nt | won't |
| choaked | choked |
| villany | villainy |
| stilish | stylish |
| extasy | ecstasy |
| doated | doted |
| head-akes | headaches |
| inclosure | enclosure |
| foretel | foretell |
| outstaid | outstayed |
| popt | popped |
| aweful | awful |
| recal | recall |
| engratiating | ingratiating |
| scissars | scissors |
