Original sentence: It was subsequently adopted by the Cornish Language Board as well as by many Cornish speakers, but came under fierce criticism by academic linguists for its phonological base, as well as those who found its orthography too different from traditional Cornish spelling conventions
Edited sentence: It was subsequently adopted by the Cornish Language Board as well as by many Cornish speakers, but came under fierce criticism by academic linguists, few having even a nodding acquaintance with Cornish, for its phonological base, as well as those who found its orthography too different from traditional Cornish spelling conventions