The converter should handle that. In fact, that is why we are asked to
add asterisks when there is a double space to indicate a scene change or
something similar. If the asterisks were not added the blank lines would
just be removed and there would be no indicator.
On 9/13/2016 4:48 PM, Devin Prater wrote:
Thanks. That puts my mind at ease. One more thing is that there seems to be a space at the end of every paragraph. Should I leave those in? Will the converter handle taking those out?
On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 2:36 PM Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Leaving out characters is a common scanning error. I, for example,
am plagued with apostrophes not scanning. A possessive will
consist of a person's name a space and then the s sitting all
alone. For the kinds of things you describe if you do not have a
copy of the print book on hand to check I think I would just
assume that they are scanning errors and add them. That would be
especially true if they are very common throughout the book or if
the same missing characters show up repeatedly. Sometimes the copy
editors do a poor job, but they are rarely that bad.
On 9/13/2016 10:21 AM, Devin Prater wrote:
Hi all. I'll just start by proofreading the text itself, then
worry about formatting when I get replies to my previous topic.
Now, though, I've come across things like a quotation that has no
end quote after the obvious end of the clause. I really, really
don't want to add anything that the author did not mean, so I'm
asking if there are rules on this, or if I should just follow my
own judgement on these issues? Also, I've come across parts where
a word or comma is missing.
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