[bksvol-discuss] Re: still more questions
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:32:03 -0700 (PDT)
Jamie,
The book is supposedly in my branch and I'll get it tomorrow if it is. Asa
Roger says, most of the misplaced commas should be deleted. They probably
occurred when the submitter lengthened the line and so words that were
hyphenated at the end of the line were no longer at the end of the line but
still retained the hyhphen. However, some of those errors that you mention may
in fact be ones the character is making herself, and so should be kept. The
"two hundred dollarsmand" is caused by someone hitting the "m" instead of the
comma. They are right together on the keyboard and it's something I do all the
time. If the submitter had spell-checked that error should have shown up and
been corrected. Maybe "dollarsand" did show up and the submitter tried to
correct it by inserting a comma and goofed and then, of course, didn't do a
second spell-check having assumed that everything was o.k. That's why books are
validated by a second person. smile
That's also why we valdiators read the books. smile. I'm glad it's interesting.
If I can get the book I'll contact you off list and we can work together and
I'll keep the book until you're ready to upload. It's good that you have one
with problems to work on. smile You'll become more expert at validating. smile
Cindy
--- On Thu, 8/21/08, Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: still more questions
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, August 21, 2008, 4:21 PM
> Morn for mom is a pretty common scanno; fix it. I think that
> most of the
> misplaced hyphens are the same, but without knowing the
> context I can't say that
> they are not some kind of intentional cutesynes. Let's
> see what the others
> have to say about that. In a message dated 8/21/2008
> 4:07:08 P.M. Pacific Da
> ylight Time, jdprater@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> Hi, I've founa few more errors, "morn" when
> it should be "mom", and Jap -
> anese instead of Japanese. What would make all these
> boo-boos in a manuscript,
> and what's to be done? Good thing I've got a week
> on this as it looks like
> I'm gonna need it. Good thing it seems like a fun
> story, and that's why I
> like easy books. Thanks in advance. Have a blessed day.
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