new Russian orthography?

[gfowler]

Greetings!

On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Alina Israeli wrote:

> No, "tverdyj znak" can be spelled only after preverbs, and their nominal
> formations (s"ezd, for example). "TZ" after ad- as in "Ad"jutant" is a
> tribute to education of those who created the rule, and who knew that in
> Latin ad- was a prefix.

This occurs not only after preverbs, but also in compounds, if you can
construct a relevant one. E.g., trex"jazychnyj, sverx"estestvennyj, etc.

George Fowler

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