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l and simpler form of orthography. All words affected by these rules are to be found in the vocabulary of the "Standard Dictionary"; in recording the new phonetic forms the editor has not introduced any theories of his own. Rule i (1) Change final " ed " to " t" when so pronounced, as in abashed (abasht), wished (wisht), etc., and, if a double consonant precedes, drop one of the consonants, as in chipped (chipt), dressed (drest), hopped (hopt), etc. (2) Retain final "ed" when the "e" afiects a preceding sound. () When the preceding vowel sound is long and expressed by a single letter, as the following: baked, not bakt, as bakt gaped, not gapt would be pronounced backed chafed, not chaft caked, not cakt coped, not copt craped, not crapt moped, not mopt draped, not drapt roped, not ropt N.B.?The " e " does not affect the preceding vowel sound when expressed by two or more letters, as in booked (bookt), bleached (bleacht), crouched (croucht). (b) When a preceding " c " has the sound of "s," as in chanced (not chanct), forced (not forct), faced (not fact), etc. Rule 2 (1) Drop " ue " at the end of words when the preceding vowel is short or a diphthong, as in dialogs, catalogs, etc. Thus, spell dialog, catalog, demagog, epilog, synagog, etc. (2) Retain "ue" when the preceding single vowel is long, as in prorogue, vogue, disembogue, pirogue, plague, vague, fatigue. Rule 3 (1) Drop final "e" from words ending in "ite" when ...