Quote Originally Posted by Боб Уайтман View Post
The question is strange. What is a spelling rule? It is a rule which explains how to SPELL a word in case when you cannot detect it from t

In all other cases, it is just phonetic.
It is just phonetic? . Let's see: хорошó , хaрошó, хaрaшó or хорaшó ? And with some other vowels one could find also some cases of ambiguity. There is place for some rules, with unstressed vowels but... of course it is of no use for Russian speaking people.
Thank you.