Long-<i>s</i>in Late Modern English manuscripts
Lyda Fens–De Zeeuw|Robin Straaijer
It is a generally accepted fact that the use of long- s , or &lt;ſ&gt;, was discontinued in English printing at close eighteenth century and by end first quarter nineteenth this allograph had all but disappeared. This demise &lt;ſ&gt; has been fairly well documented, there virtually no literature on what happened to it handwritten documents. The disappearance &lt;ſs&gt; (as ʃeems buʃineʃs ) favour &lt;s&gt; &lt;ss&gt; ascribed printers’ wishes simplify their type-settings. But point extent did simplifying process influence private writing period? In article we have documented rules, as observed printers, for Late Modern period, illustrate how practice during period compared usage particular grapheme letters written two well-known codifiers language, grammarians Joseph Priestley Lindley Murray.
English Language and Linguistics