DECIMAL CLASIFICATION 
3 Drop e final after -lv and -rv, as.delv, shelv, carv, curv, deserv etc.; 
also in the endings -ide, -ile, -ine, -ise, -it¢, -ive, unstrest, pronounst id, 
il, in, is, it, iv, as bromid, oxid, hostil, textil, anilin, determin, examin, 
practis, promis, definit, favorit, opposit, activ, nativ, positiv etc.; and at 
end of ar(e), hav(e), giv(e), forgiv(e), misgiv ¢), liv(e); becauz its normal 
use after a singl consonant fis to sho that preceding vowel is long. Hence 
it is retaind in such words as bare, brave, mile, fine, wize, polite, arrive 
4 When digraf ea is sounded as in head or heart, uze sounded letr and 
omit the other, as helth, hevy, insted, tred, wether, plesant, hart, harth etc. 
5 Substitute e for digrafs and ligatures ae, @, oe, @, when not final, as 
esthetic, medieval, fenix etc. 
6 When ch is pronounst like c in car drop ’, except before e, 7 and 
y, as caracter, clorid, corus, cronic, eco, epoc, arcangel, mecanic, monarc, 
scolar, scool, stomac etc.; but chemist, architect, monarchy etc. 
Rule 6 was later alterd to ‘uze k or drop h’, so we prefer k in skool, mekanic, 
arkitect etc.; for the asender k looks more like ck than does ¢ and it, is the form sure 
to be uzed in the end 
= Drop silent h from iwnitial rh, as rapsody, reumatism, rubarb etc. 
8 Reduce ll final, after a short strest vowel, to 1, as bil, dol, dril, dwel. 
fil, ful, fulfil, shal, tel, wil, wilful etc. 
0 Reduce dubl final consonants bb, dd, ff, gg, nn, rr, #, 22, to a sing! 
consonant, as eb, ad, od, cuf, eg, bun, bur, whir, net, buz etc. 
10 Drop -me from mme final, as gram, program 
11 Drop -te from ette final, as cigaret, coquet, etiquet, omelet, quartet 
12 Drop silent ue final after g, as catalog, colleag, dialog, pedagog, 
sinagog etc. ; except when g is preceded by a singl long vowel, as in rogue, 
vague, vogue etc. Tongue spel tung, Milton's way 
13 For -ough substitute o, u, of, ock, out or up, according to sound. 
as tho, thru, cof, enuf, hock, drout, hiccup etc. Plough spel plow 
14 Drop silent b final, as crum, lam, lim, num, thum etc. ; except where 
omission sugjests incorrect pronunciation, as in tomb, comb etc. 
15 Drop e from ey final unstrest, pronounst like short y final, as abby, 
barly, chimny, donky, gally, trolly, vally, whisky etc. 
16 Substitute z for s in «se final, pronounst as if speld ize, as advertize, 
civilize, criticize, merchandize, rize, wize etc. 
17 Chanje re final after any consonant except ¢, to -er, as center, 
fiber, meter, theater etc.; but lucre, mediocre, not lucer, mediocer 
18 Drop u from our final in words of 2 or more silabls. as ardor, color, 
favor, honor, labor etc. 
Aded rules uzed in Decimal Clasification 
Supplementing S S B’s short list of most needed chanjes we hav selected 
from its longer preliminary list and from the other best authorities a few 
more chanjes which we uze in order to familiarize readers with shortr 
forms sure to be uzed later. 
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