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spelling reform

Noun

Meaning

spelling reform (uncountable)

(grammar, linguistics) A deliberate, often authoritatively sanctioned or mandated change to spelling rules.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Current concern with reading and spelling reform steers away from visual to auditory stress. Marshall McLuhan

Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Stepanakert, capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region, rioted over much needed spelling reform in the Soviet Union. P. J. O'Rourke

Changes during this time included spelling reform (notably, í in place of the former j and j in place of g), the use of t (rather than ti) to end infinitive verbs and the non-capitalization of nouns (which had been a late borrowing from German). Source: Internet

Aufwand (effort) has the verb aufwenden (to spend, to dedicate) and the adjective aufwendig (requiring effort) though the 1996 spelling reform now permits the alternative spelling aufwändig (but not * aufwänden). Source: Internet

Greenland's Latin alphabet was originally much like the one used in Nunatsiavut, but underwent a spelling reform in 1973 to bring the orthography in line with changes in pronunciation and better reflect the phonemic inventory of the language. Source: Internet

During its work in 1927-1929, the Commission had actually prepared the project for spelling reform. Source: Internet

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