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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial Unicode MS">Good observations, Jim. Specific replies below.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=1 FACE="Arial Unicode MS">Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.<BR>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=1 FACE="Arial Unicode MS">djleslie@folger.edu || 202.675-0369</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=1 FACE="Arial Unicode MS"> ||</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=1 FACE="Arial Unicode MS"><A HREF="http://www.folger.ed">http://www.folger.ed</A></FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=1 FACE="Arial Unicode MS">u </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">-----Original Message-----<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">From:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu [<A HREF="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu">mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</A>]</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">On Behalf Of</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">James Stephenson<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Sent:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> 12 September 2006 18:24<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">To:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> 'DCRM Revision Group List'<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma">Subject:</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Tahoma"> RE: [DCRM-L] Area 4 comments</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A few additional observations for Area 4:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The final example following rule 4A6.1: Shouldn't the name be</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">transcribed as "Chas. Ellms" instead of "Cha's Ellms" (despite what</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">might be on the title-page)?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><I><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">[DJL]</FONT></I></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><I><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></I></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">No, not according to 0G3.2.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">What we are trying to do in 0G3.2-4 is to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">indicate that punctuation integral to a word is to be preserved in transcription, with the exception of modernizing the form of the punctuation.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Apostrophes and hyphens in particular that punctuate a word are treated differently than</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">marks that punctuate a text, if that makes sense. A hyphen connecting a compound word is integral to the word, as is an apostrophe</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, and they are to be transcribed</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. A comma or semi-colon</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">in the source used to make sense of the text is a different matter, and may be used</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, changed,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> or ignored with impunity.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Final example under 4C2: add period to abbreviation "no. 4"</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><I><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">[DJL]</FONT></I></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> You may be right, but I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">d like to run that by the other editors</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> and anyone else facile with French</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. It</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">s a French</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">imprint, and I have a vague sense that the French do not use a period when abbreviating numero</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">we do not have a rule that says you have to add a period to abbreviated words.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">4D2.5: make footnote number 12 superscript</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><I><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">[DJL]</FONT></I></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Fixed.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Jim Stephenson</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Getty Research Institute</FONT></SPAN></P>
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