Some of the new spelling rules This article is nothing new. It's just a summary of the changes already adopted the new spelling by language academies, both the English and the Americans, according to information provided by the press. The collected here as progress, while the work goes out of print shops across the Atlantic, reached my hands and I can start playing with its 800 pages.
Names lyrics One of the novelties of the new spelling is reviewing the names of the letters of the alphabet, in a quest for unification and coherence. The issue has raised controversy because, although it seems a tiny issue, cultural traditions have proven their weight.
- The letter and will officially be called and Greek and will be called, hereinafter, e .
- The letter i stop i called and called Latin i .
- Lyrics b and officially referred to as v Be and uve . (In most articles, it is argued that "in America" \u200b\u200bto these letters are called "be high" and "be down" respectively. I leave it on record that that counts for Costa Rica. Here, apparently, We have always been in the English fashion, because since I have Alpha memory, I taught them as "be" and "vee").
- The digraphs ch and are considered digraphs ll and no letters. This shift does not imply elimination of the alphabet, on the contrary, they remain there, but now properly classified as signs consist of two letters and no one (digraphs).
- point is accepted as fully k English.
course, the new policy of no compulsory spelling leaves open the door for each country will follow the letter calling the way they see fit to its speakers, according to their habits and customs.
Ex
, anti, pro Until now, these three particles have been doubts in your script because they were at a fuzzy threshold, halfway between a preposition from the Latin, an adjective (as in the case of ex
) and a prefix, ie, a particle used to create new words.
has finally taken a step further in the debate and all three are classified as prefixes. Therefore, no longer write
former president and anti social pro-American, but
president, antisocial and pro-American. However, this rule applies only if a word is affected. As Thus, in examples such as former captain general
and
human rights must be written independently and without any script.
Tildes in only and this has been completely removed by the word tilde
only and demonstration (this, this, that, those ...
) , and remains even in cases of ambiguity. How would a reader if
only means 'alone' or 'only'? The context will tell you. Often the problem with these cases is to look at the examples amphibology out of context. And in any case, for those who write and edit there is always another solution: fix the sentence and the context and say things differently, perhaps more elegant.
This was a change that could see it coming, but has been controversial. The rule remains optional, in particular in countries where there is a strong attachment to the tilde. In others, however, be a relief. Tilde
monosyllabic Since the previous edition of the Spelling
(1999) had removed the tick in monosyllables that had traditionally maintained as
script,
fie, hui, Sion, that laugh before 1999 were written
script, fie, I fled, Zion and laugh. The advice was simple: "considers that there is no gap, although this appears to indicate the pronunciation," but diphthong or triphthong "(p. 46). However, it still was allowed to use the tilde as spelling rules above the recommended. Apparently, now the tilde has been lost forever.
This rule does not affect diacritics, namely accents whose function is to distinguish different meanings. Some of these cases are:
he / him, your / you, my / me, te / tea, plus or more, yes / yes, / giving, / I .
The only diacritical tilde has been lost is the
or two digits (numbers). It is considered that this is a rule no longer applies, since modern computer systems allow a clear distinction between a letter and a
or zero. Therefore, it is not permissible to write "5 or 6" but you write "5 or 6." Shift
generic terms prefixed to proper names Capitalization of terms such as Gulf of Mexico
and Calle Felipe IV
have always given problem. The new spelling takes a clear position: the capital is removed entirely. We will have to read the new edition to see the scope of this standard. Until now admitted that the Panama Canal
spelled with lower case outside of Panama, but with a capital in that country, because the channel central role in history and economic life of the nation. The same applied to the Iberian peninsula
(
for Iberian English). Will have to see the new rule and start to apply local geographical features, such as the Gulf of Nicoya
.
Qatar, Iraq and cuórum That's right:
cuórum . Qatar
confess I find it an exotic, far away from my daily geography, and Iraq was already used to seeing it written this way. But
quorum (which from now on, if you want to use it, should be in italics and without tilde) if I find it strange in its new version with English:
cuórum . This decision has been taken to give consistency to the new decision to accept the letter k and English fully and to avoid the letter q, when not combined with or (as in cheese
) also represents the phoneme / k / . Therefore, only the letters c and k in initial position will this function.
foreign words Any words of foreign origin without adaptation into English is written in italics and accents. This applies to non-Latin words and expressions hispanicized as ex cathedra
, casus belli
and
deux ex machina. We assume that hispanicized and hold their shape adapted as
ibid and
et alii. In summary confirms the new spelling more changes proposed, judging by these developments. Must await the final publication for details, the minutiae and analysis. The hope is that you have won consistent and progress has been made for the good, the disambiguation of many of its old contradictions.
