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Rules Self-indexing

For convenience of reference the rules for simplified spelling hav been made self-indexing and ar arranged in the alfabetic order of the letters or combinations of letters simplified.

Inflections and Derivativs

In forming inflections and derivativs of words simplified in the primitiv, if the suffix is not simplified, the spelling follows the prevailing practis. In doutful cases this has been indicated iether in the examples or in an appended note.

According to an "orthografic rule" cited in the leading dictionaries, if the suffix begins with a vowel, and the primitiv ends in a single consonant, the consonant is doubld only when it is preceded by a single strest vowel; and even then not always, since h, j, v, w, x, ar not normally doubld in English spelling.

The Simplified Spelling Board accepts this principle, but does not recommend the doubling of the final consonant of the primitiv in cases in which the current orthografy calls for only one consonant in the inflected or derived form. Thus the Board spels ad, added; ruf, ruffer; det, dettor (for debt, debtor); but ded, deden (for dead, deaden); etc.

Tipografy of Rules and Examples

Words used as illustrations in the rules and examples ar printed in italics, if new spellings; in, if given as preferd or alternativ spellings by one or more of the leading American dictionaries (Century, Standard, Webster's) and