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 ous perversity the form sprightly has persisted in use. The adjectiv should, of course, be regularly formd from the noun by the simple addition of -ly, and should not involv a change in the spelling of the primitiv.

The Board has exercized similar care in making all its recommendations, and apparent inconsistencies can be shown to be such in appearance only. To analize all the recommendations in detail would take space that would excede the limits of the present publication; but the Board, thru its Secretary, wil at all times be glad to make clear in correspondence any points that may remain doutful in the minds of readers of the Handbook.

More Correct Sientifically and Historically

The changes that the Board recommends wil make our orthografy more correct than it is now both sientifically and historically, because its recommendations ar consistently made with a view to restoring English spelling to the practically fonetic basis on which it was founded. The Board does not make the claim that all its recommendations wil result in restoring historic spellings, tho literary precedent can be found for most of them; for English spelling, while practically fonetic in its origins, was imperfectly so. The ultimate aim being to establish a consistently sientific mode of spelling, the Board hopes, as in course of time this objectiv is more nearly approacht, that the imperfectly fonetic historic forms wil gradually disappear, giving place to better notations.

Make It Easier to Spel Correctly

The simplifications in spelling proposed by the Simplified Spelling Board, as they become accepted as good