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Spicier with spaces?
[edit]re:
Mentions in other discussions:
- did n't, is n't, have n't
- (2015) Using
- User_talk:Einstein95#Index:The_Invisible_Man_-_A_Grotesque_Romance.djvu
- (2018 Apr) I'm having second thoughts about collapsing...
- Index_talk:Christmascarol1843.djvu
- (2013) converting half space to nothing
- Index_talk:Dream_days.djvu
- (2016) printers' practice, so smash em to nothing
- Index_talk:Parodyoniolanthe.djvu
- (2016) keep the spaces - especially when they are obviously two words like "did n't"
- Index_talk:London_-_Son_of_the_Wolf,_1900.djvu
- (2014) leave the spaces in - "I get the impression that London was thinking in separate words"(here), but this a mix of mere contractions and dialect?
- Page_talk:The_Siege_of_London,_The_Pension_Beaurepas,_and_The_Point_of_View_(Boston,_James_R._Osgood_&_Co.,_1883).djvu/244
- (2016) "In my opinion, the space is clearly present in the text, and therfore must be included if the transcription is to be faithful to the original. ... Be that as it may, it certainly isn't okay to have a mix."
- User:Zoeannl/Project_guideline/Proofreader’s_Guide#Contractions: 8.7.12 Contractions
- "... a 19th century printers' convention in which the space was retained to indicate that 'would' and 'not' were originally separate words. ... Remove the extra space in either case." (but see "Project Discussion page")
- Wikisource:Proposed_deletions/Archives/2013-02#Index:Sons_and_Lovers,_Lawrence,_1913.djvu
- In discussion of "which edition" (to keep), someone mentioned "... where the British edition has a contraction like "isn’t", the American edition inserts a space to make "is n’t". ..."
Contraindications:
Think n't your 'p'stle put m' in a megrim;
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