Authors' and Printers' Dictionary- A Guide for Authors, Editors, Printers, Correctors of the Press, Compositors and Typists (Paperback: 460 pages)
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Product Details: Authors' and Printers' Dictionary- A Guide for Authors, Editors, Printers, Correctors of the Press, Compositors and Typists
| Author: | Howard Collins F. Howard Collins |
| Format: | Paperback: 460 pages. |
| Publisher: | Littlefield Pr (10/31/2007) |
| ISBN: | 1408631628 |
| ISBN13: | 9781408631621 |
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Publisher Notes: Authors' and Printers' Dictionary- A Guide for Authors, Editors, Printers, Correctors of the Press, Compositors and Typists
- AUTHORS AND PRINTERS DICTIONARY A GUIDE FOR AUTHORS, EDITORS, PRINTERS CORRECTORS OF THE PRESS COMPOSITORS AND TYPISTS - 1905 - NOTE TO THE TENTH EDITION - IN addition to the necessary revision of dates, C., opportunity has been taken in this tenth reset edition to remove entries e. g. long-hand abbreviations which may now be considered obsolete and of adding a number of South African words in general use and of inserting after certain entries their American equivalent spellings. Some adjustment to Indian and Pakistani place-names has been necessitated by political changes. In accordance with the trend of modern usage diphthongs have been discarded and accents omitted from musical terms. The change to single quotation marks reflects what may be a growing practice in book-printing. Otherwise the essential character of the book has been retained. Information regarding the original plan and method of compilation is given in the extracts from the preface to the first edition see pages v-vii. As in the case of former editions, the reviser will be glad to consider any criticisms or suggestions which may add to the usefulness of the book. 29 November 1955 EXTRACTS FROM THE PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION A SKETCH of the way in which this work was compiled may be of interest. All suitable words, phrases, C., were copied on to separate slips. These were then arranged alphabetically, duplicates eliminated, and the manuscript copy made. With this my duties as Author ceased, and those of Editor commenced, for from that time I merely co-ordinated the opinions of others upon my work. In the selection of words, my object has been to insert only those, spelt in more than one way, which are likely to bemet with in general reading to deal, in fact, with what are briefly called duplicate spellings. I was compelled to omit many special, unusual, or technical, words and phrases, so that the book might be handy in size. That manuscript additions may be readily made, I have included after each letter one or two blank pages headed Notes. Where a choice has been made between two or more forms of any word, it should not be concluded that I consider the other forms wrong, but merely that the weight of evidence has led me to select the one given. Many foreign words and phrases are included on account of the frequent mistakes that are made with the accents. The translations given are usually free ones literal renderings being generally omitted as often obvious, and as less practically useful. In a few cases an endeavour has been made to correct popular misapprehensions thus cui bono does not, except in modern incorrect usage, mean What is the good of it I have also added the pronunciation of some words which are frequently mispronounced. A cursory glance through the book will reveal other special features on v PREFACE which it is unnecessary to dwell such as the sizes of type, books, and paper the explanation of printing terms punctuation and the spelling of place-names. That more than twenty thousand separate entries, containing more than one hundred thousand words, and many of these not easily spelt, should have survived without any error, is more than can be hopedfor...
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