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5. Use the Five Rules: land 3 as in 4. 3. Drop « from digmf m sounded 

 as short e, as in hed, helth, s(ed, etc. 4. Drop silent e final in a short 

 syllable, as in hav, giv, Iw, forbad, reptil, hostU, engin, infinit, oppo- 

 sK, activ, etc. 5. When a word ends with a double letter, omit the 

 last, as m eb. ad, staf, stif, Uuf, eg, shal, wil, tel, wel, dvl, lul, etc 



b. Lse the Twenty-four Joint Rules of the American and English Philo- 

 logical Associations. 



7. Use all changes recommended by the Philological Associations. 



At a meeting of the Philological Society, April 20, 1883, it was voted 

 unanimously to omit cert.in of the corrections formerly recommended so 

 as to bring about an agreement between the two societies. The following 

 scheme of partial reform is now jointly approved by the Philological 

 Society of England and the American Philological Association and is 

 recommended for immediate use : 



1. e.-Drop silent e when fonetically useless, as in live, vineyard, be- 

 lieve, bronze, single, engine, granite, eaten, rained, etc 



^. ea.-Drop a from ea having the sound of e, as in feather, leather 

 jealous, etc. 



Drop e from ea having the sound of a, as in heart, hearken, 

 etc. ' 



3. eau.— For beauty use the old beuty. 



4. eo.-Drop o from eo having the sound of e, as in jeopardy, leopard. 



For yeoman write yoman. 



5. i. — Ttvo-p i 0? parliament. 



6. o.-For having the sound of u in but, write u in above (abuv) 



dozen, some (sum), tongue (tuug), and the like. 

 For women restore wimen. 



7. ou.-Drop from ou having the sound of u, as in journal, nourish, 



trouble, rough (ruf), tough (tuf ), and the like. 



8. u.-Drop silent u after g before a, and in native English words, as 



guarantee, guard, guess, guest, guild, guilt, etc. 



9. ue.-Drop final ue in apologue, catalogue, etc. ; demagogue, pedagogue, 



etc. ; league, colleague, harangue, tongue (tung), etc. 

 10- y- — Spell rhyme rime. 

 11. Double consonants may be simplified : 



Final b, d, g, n, r, t, f I, z, as in ebb, add, egg, inn, purr, butt 



bailiff, dull, buzz, etc. (not all, hall). 

 Medial before another consonant, as battle, ripple, written 



(writn), etc. 

 Initial unaccented prefixes, and other unaccented syllables, 

 as in abbreviate, accuse, affair, etc., curvetting, traveller, etc. ' 

 U. b.-Drop silent b in bomb, crumb, debt, doubt, dumb, lamb, limb, 



numb, plumb, subtle, succumb, thumb. 

 13. c— Change c back to s in cinder, expence, fierce, hence, once, pence 

 scarce, since, source, thence, tierce, ichence. 



