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2. By removing ambiguity, because according to the rules of 1901, using a s instead of a long s is only legal if it is at the and of a syllable or word, which gives you 100% certainty on how to pronounce a word. For instance, take the minor character "Lischen" from Faust 1. Is it pronounced "Lies-chen", or "Lisch-en"? If it was written in Fraktur you would instantly be able to tell that it is the first and not the second, since the "short s" marks the end of the syllable.