[bksvol-discuss] Re: A proofreading problem to watch out for.
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:57:31 -0700 (PDT)
I think this problem arises because people do a global replace of end-of-line
hyphens with a space instead of checking to see if the hyphen should be
replaced or actually belongs there.Maybe scanners and proofers should be
reminded that not all end-of line hyphens should be removed. Check to see to
see if the next line begins with the part of the word that follows the hyphen.
This pobably happens less with proofers and scanners who actually read the
books they work on
Cindy
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--- On Fri, 7/31/09, siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A proofreading problem to watch out for.
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, 5:43 PM
Hi Mayrie,
I guess I have become used to seeing this in the books I read for pleasure,
because it no longer bugs me. It would bug me more if hyphenated words were
written as one united word, for instance goodlooking. Just my thought.
Sue S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 6:08 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] A proofreading problem to watch out for.
Hi Everyone,
A very diligent volunteer pointed out a problem to me with many
books in the bookshare collection. Very often, words that should be
hyphenated "good-looking" or "high-fashion" have a space after the hyphen so
that the word appears as two words with the first followed by a hyphen
followed by a space. Proofreaders who use braille or who read with their
eyes are much less likely to miss reuniting these hyphenated words. I
confess that I too have been missing this problem. Groan! There is not a
find and replace that works with this because, very often, other punctuation
marks scan as hyphens and need to be altered. So, I suggest, after reading
through a book that you are proofreading, that you do a find on hyphen
followed by a space. Check each instance of this and either correct the
improper punctuation, or unite the hyphenated word. It doesn't really take
very long to do, and makes for a much cleaner copy of a book.
Just thought I'd bring this up, since it is not a problem pointed
out by spell checkers, only grammar checkers, and is not apparent when
proofreading using only speech unless you have all of your punctuation
turned on.
Happy proofreading! And sorry there isn't a good way to do a global find
and replace!
Read on!
Mayrie
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