The Practice Of Typography Correct Composition A Treatise On Spelling Abbreviations The Compounding And Division Of Works The Proper Use Of Figures And Numerals Italic And Capital Letter Notes Etc With Observations On Punctuation And Proof Reading

Author : Theodore Low De Vinne
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ISBN 13 : 9781331914969
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (149 download)

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Download or read book Correct Composition written by Theodore Low De Vinne and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Correct Composition: A Treatise on Spelling, Abbreviations, the Compounding and Division of Words, the Proper Use of Figures, and Numerals, Italic and Capital Letters, Notes, Etc;, With Observations on Punctuation and Proof-Reading Unfortunately for an American printer, there is no authority beyond appeal for the spelling, division, and compounding of words. Neither in America nor in Great Britain is there an instruction, like the Academie Francaise or the Department of Public Instruction of France, which finally determines disputed questions in orthography. We have many dictionaries of the English language, but they do not fully agree with one another as to the spelling of some words. There are more than sixteen hundred variable spellings, as shown in the Appendix to this work, and each form of spelling has had the approval of good writers. There are other irregularities in literary and mechanical composition that are even more unfortunate. We have grammars that give us rules for the proper use of capital letters, italic, and the marks of punctuation, but these rules, good as far as they go, are not enough for the guidance of a compositor who has to set types for works much unlike as to form and style. Nor do our high schools thoroughly teach the correct expression of thought in writing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.