> In any case, arguably one needs to be aware of the pre-RSR spelling conventions to have a solid grip on the language as a whole. Absolutely, but I'd argue th

> In any case, arguably one needs to be aware of the pre-RSR spelling conventions to have a solid grip on the language as a whole. Absolutely, but I'd argue that the first example in the book is not the best place to put this. Learners will at some point encounter pre-RSR texts (or personal communications that don't care about RSR or other standard language features), but much of what they are likely to encounter at the beginning will be newer texts that use the current conventions.