[bksvol-discuss] Re: proofreading question
- From: Pamela Hoffard <crosssttch@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 07:25:04 -0800 (PST)
Mayrie,
You beat me to it ... but I LOVE the examples you gave this time!
Pam
________________________________
From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, March 5, 2012 9:11 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: proofreading question
Hi Chanelle,
Here is
pasted below what we agreed upon for the handling of the ellipsis so that
we conform with braille code.
See
below.
Please let me
know if you have any questions.
Mayrie
Formatting The
Ellipsis
The ellipsis
should be punctuated as if it were a word. Examples:
"Fools rush in
..."
"... for they
shall inherit the earth"
"Breathe, Mellissa. In ... and out. In ...
and out."
An ellipsis and a period. Sometimes an ellipsis appears
to be four dots rather than three. This is because the ellipsis is either
preceded or followed by a period. Since the braille period is not the same as
the dots of an ellipsis, it must be determined which of the four dots is the
period.
If the sentence
is incomplete, does not contain a subject and a verb and express a complete
thought, then the ellipsis is taking the place of missing words within the
sentence--in which the period immediately follows the ellipsis, just as it
would
a word. If a sentence is gramatically complete, the first dot represents the
period and the ellipsis represents a following missing sentence or sentences.
In
this case a blank cell (a space) is left between the period and the following
ellipsis.
Example:
As you can see, I have followed your career. ... As to
my own .... Well, you know the story.
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chanelle
Allen
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 7:05 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] proofreading
question
Dear Volunteer list,
If there is a period after a word
followed by a space and then three periods, would I delete the period and space
after the word so that it would be followed by the ellipses? Or do I leave the
original period after the word, delete the space, and then just have four
periods? Maybe it doesn't matter, but since we are not supposed to alter the
text, I thought that I would ask.
Chanelle
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