ABSTRACT
As with the pronunciation, it is assumed that the reader has grasped the essentials of the highly regular spelling of Dutch (e.g. boom > bomen, huis > huizen etc.) and that there is no need to repeat them here, but even the more advanced student may need to be made aware of certain archaisms that will be encountered in books printed prior to World War II, as well as of certain recent changes to Dutch spelling. Some comments on the use of accents, apostrophes, capital letters, hyphens and medial letters in compound words are also made here.
