e=spiration_), _tra=g=edy_ (not _tra=d=e=g=y_).

Note.--The principle of phonetic spelling as stated above applies to
many words, but by no means to all. The Simplified Spelling Board would
extend this principle by changing the spelling of words to correspond
with their actual sounds. It recommends such forms as _tho_, _thru_,
_enuf_, _quartet_, _catalog_, _program_. If the student employs these
forms, he must use them consistently. Many writers oppose simplified
spelling; many advocate it; many compromise. Others desire to supplant
our present alphabet with one more nearly phonetic, and prefer, until
this fundamental reform takes place, to preserve our present spelling as
it is.

Exercise:

Copy the following words slowly, pronouncing the syllables as
you write: _accidentally_, _accommodate_, _accurately_,
_artistically_, _athletics_ (not _atheletics_), _boundary_,
_candidate_, _cavalry_, _commission_, _curiosity_, _defer_,
_definite_, _description_, _despair_, _different_, _dining
room_, _dinned_, _disappoint_, _divide_, _divine_,
_emphatically_, _eighth_, _everybody_, _February_, _finally_,
_goddess_, _government_, _hundred_, _hurrying_, _instinct_,
_laboratory_, _library_, _lightning_, _might have_ (not _might
of_), _naturally_, _necessary_, _occasionally_, _omission_,
_opinion_, _opportunity_, _optimist_, _partner_, _perform_,
_perhaps_, _perspiration_, _prescription_, _primitive_,
_privilege_, _probably_, _quantity_, _really_, _recognise_,
_recommend_, _reverence_, _separate_, _should have_ (not
_should of_), _sophomore_, _strictly_, _superintendent_,
_surprise_, _temperance_, _tragedy_, _usually_, _whether_.

=Logical Kinship in Words=

=72. Get help in spelling a difficult word by thinking of related words.=
To think of _ridiculous_ will prevent your writing _a_ for the second
_i_ of _ridicule_; to think of _ridicule_ will prevent your writing
_rediculous_. To think of _prepare_ will prevent your writing
_preperation_; to think of _preparation_ will forestall _preparitory_.
To think of _busy_ will save you from the monstrosity _buisness._ To
think of the prefixes _re-_ (meaning _again_) and _dis-_ (meaning
_not_), and the verbs _commend_ and _appoint_, will prevent your writing
_recommend_ or _disappoint_ with a double _c_ or _s_.

Note.--The relationship between words is not always a safe guide to
spelling. Observe _f