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 Scope of the Handbook

Part 1 givs a brief account of the origin and history of the movement for a more reasonable spelling of English, and states the principles the Simplified Spelling Board has adopted in its efforts to hasten the progress of this movement.

Part 2 sets forth the leading arguments in favor of the simplification of English spelling, and replies to the objections commonly made by defenders of the current orthografy.

Part 3 presents the rules for simplified spelling that the Board recommends for general use at the stage the movement has now reacht, a special list of words in simpler spellings not coverd by the rules, and a dictionary list of all the words in common use changed in spelling by these recommendations.

Plan of Revizion and Selection

Experience gaind in its activ field campains had indicated that some of the rules and spellings of the 4 progressiv lists previously issued wer unlikely to win quick acceptance at this time, and so wer likely to retard the acceptance of the others. The Board, accordingly, thru the Filology Committee, undertook in 1916 a sistematic revizion of the rules in the light