Proof-Reading / A Series of Essays for Readers and Their Employers, and for Authors and Editors
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Chapters (115)
- PROOF-READING.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. THE PROOF-ROOM.
- CHAPTER II. SOME PRACTICAL CRITICISM FOR PROOF-READERS.
- CHAPTER III. THE PROOF-READER’S RESPONSIBILITY.
- CHAPTER IV. STYLE AND STYLE-CARDS.
- CHAPTER V. WHIM VERSUS PRINCIPLE.
- CHAPTER VI. AUTHORITIES AND OPINIONS.
- CHAPTER VII. AUTHORITATIVE STUMBLING-BLOCKS IN THE STUDY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
- CHAPTER VIII. PREPARATION OF COPY.
- CHAPTER IX. COPY AND PROOF-READING.
- CHAPTER X. THE DICTIONARY IN THE PROOF-ROOM.
- CHAPTER XI. THE PROOF-ROOM LIBRARY.
- CHAPTER XII. THE COPY-READER.
- CHAPTER XIII. PROPER ORDER OF PARTS IN A BOOK.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE BOOK MAKE-UP.
- CHAPTER XV. SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
- GRAMMAR AND DICTION.
- FORM OF WORDS.
- SPELLING AND DICTIONARIES.
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