Hi Debra,
You can indeed use the “about” shortform in “whereabouts”. “Whereabout” is in
the Shortforms List and the rule is that “s” can be added to any word on the
list. The only three words that you can’t add “s” to are “about”, “almost” and
“him”. ONLY those three words. I got this from the top of ICEB itself and made
a note of it.
Braille on,
Julie
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Behalf Of Debra Bonde/Seedlings Braille
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Subject: [duxuser] Whereabout and whereabouts
We just did a Hardy Boys book in UEB and the word "whereabouts" was contracted
by DBT using the shortform for "about" but our proofreader marked it wrong,
citing page 229 of The Rules of UEB, Appendix 1: Shortforms list. According to
that list, it's okay to use the shortform for 'about' in the word "whereabout"
but not in "whereabouts". Would you all agree? And if so, could DBT make that
change in the next update? Thank you!
Best wishes,
Debra J. Bonde, Director
Seedlings Braille Books for Children
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