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(2) Simple Deletion.
Simple deletion is an excision made currently before inscribing the next word, or in some cases it is deletion of an excess word made at a later time, or the alteration of one form of a word to another by deletion. Sometimes the difference in time may be established by the use of another medium, like pencil in an ink text; but if the ink is like that of the text, often no positive evidence can exist unless the nature of the alteration reveals that it must have been performed currently.
- simple] deleted
- is&c.rat;] comma deleted
- be] preceded by del. 'pr'
- may] followed by del. 'pr'
- in] foll. by del. 'ha'
- natural] final 'ly' del.[13]
- natural] initial 'un' del.
- a hurry] prec. by del. 'ha'
- in] before deleted 'ha'
- in] before del. 'ha'
- in] bef. del. 'ha'
- a hurry] after deleted 'ha'
- a hurry] after del. 'ha'
- a hurry] aft. del. 'ha'
Deleted false starts are as important to record as complete words, especially when a change of intention is shown.
- 000.00 great] aft. del. 've'
- 000.00 end] aft. del. 'concl'
- 000.00 very] aft. del. 'gr'
- 000.00 usual] aft. del. 'cust'
- 000.00 decision] aft. del. 'very great' (but) 000.00
decision] aft. indep. del.
'very great' (or) aft. indep. del. 'very' and 'great'
When a reading is quoted in the description to the right of the bracket, absolute clarity is gained only by enclosing the reading in single quotation marks, the standard bibliographical means for denoting exact quotation. (Double quotes are less exact in their common usage.) The device of italicizing all descriptive words also serves to bring the quoted reading into relief. If it were not for punctuation concluding or beginning a quoted reading, the roman type without quotes might serve as a sufficient distinction from this italic description; but the more complicated descriptions of alterations in which the description must use its own punctuation become thoroughly ambiguous as to whether the punctuation is part of the reading or of the description. Hence experience dictates, unfortunately, the invariable enclosure of all quoted readings within single quotation marks. Single quotation marks in the text within the quoting marks are kept as single since the quotation must be exact.
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