I was going over some writing exercise in the anniversary manual to regain some “lost” outlines and principles. In para 226(4) when writing batteries I wrote 
.
But when checking the correct form afterwards I saw that battery is 
and so presumably batteries is 
.
I think I’ll stick to my outline because (1) it is easier to write than the final tangle of small characters in the correct version (2) the A is the most pronounced of the vowels (3) I do not pronounce battery as bat-er-y, but as bat-ree. I don’t think this will lead to confusion at any point. Will it?