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by F. Horace Teall

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Author
Teall, F. Horace (Francis Horace), 1850-
Title
Proof-reading : A series of essays for readers and their employers, and for authors and editors
Credits
Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net, in celebration of Distributed Proofreaders' 15th Anniversary, using images generously made available by The Internet Archive
Language
English
LoC Class
Z: Bibliography, Library science
Subject
Proofreading
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 50366
Release Date
November 2, 2015
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.PROOF-READING.
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.PREFACE.
  5. 5.CONTENTS.
  6. 6.CHAPTER I. THE PROOF-ROOM .
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. SOME PRACTICAL CRITICISM FOR PROOF-READERS .
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. THE PROOF-READER’S RESPONSIBILITY .
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. STYLE AND STYLE-CARDS.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. WHIM VERSUS PRINCIPLE .
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. AUTHORITIES AND OPINIONS .
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. AUTHORITATIVE STUMBLING-BLOCKS IN THE STUDY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. PREPARATION OF COPY .
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. COPY AND PROOF-READING .
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. THE DICTIONARY IN THE PROOF-ROOM .
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI. THE PROOF-ROOM LIBRARY .
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. THE COPY-READER .
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. PROPER ORDER OF PARTS IN A BOOK .
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. THE BOOK MAKE-UP .
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV. SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED . — GRAMMAR AND DICTION. — FORM OF WORDS. — SPELLING AND DICTIONARIES.
  21. 21.Untitled
  22. 22.Untitled
  23. 23.Untitled

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