In the New English (Oxford) Dictionary all the words that end in -ment retain the e in the preceding syllable, as abridgement, acknowledgement, judgement. In other English and in all American dictionaries the e is dropped.
Farther is generally restricted to distance: as, "thus far, and no farther," or "farther down the river," etc. Further is equivalent to additional, besides, moreover: as, " I have no further use for him," " further consideration of the matter."
REFORMED SPELLING[1]
Reformed spelling, so called, is seldom presented in copy, but when so used by a writer it may be queried by the compositor: if he finds in his copy hav for have, thru for through, fonografy for phonography, and other spellings of like nature, shall he spell the words as written? When the writer of these spellings orders and pays for the printing, his spelling must be followed without question; but when this reformed spelling appears in a contribution to a periodical, and the printing is done at the expense of the publisher, that publisher or his editor has the right to determine the spelling. This determination should be
- ↑ The American Philological Association has published (in Transactions, 1886, and in the periodical Spelling of 1887) a list of amended spellings. This list is reprinted, with some slight corrections, in the Century dictionary (vol. viii).
