h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Losing, not loosing. But loosing too, perhaps.

P.91 dare say

P.92 An Orthodox Christian website says ?

P.94 actually makes it.’

Generally, some quoted passages (speech) are within quotation marks, others not.

P.99 halfway

P.100
I don't understand this sentence. 'who' should be 'that'.

P.101 Title Declawing Cats

P.101 Heading having it declawed

P.101 declawing process

P.101 abnormal regrowth

P.101 after-effects (footnote)

P.102 Declawed cats often

P.102 wardrobes -

P.102 Reasons To Declaw A Cat

P.102 exercising, so the animal

P.103 needs repeating / needs to be repeated

P.103 catnip

P.103 Home-made

P.103 considering declawing

P.103 Declawing is non-reversible

P.103 institutions that will help

P.103 caring for declawed cats.

P.105 <It’s to know out [....] I don't understand this sentence

P.111 orchestra - it

P.112 operas - the

P.112 Götterdämmerung - being

P.114 tenseless verb.

P.116 well founded

P.118 skinful

P.123 A full-size '1' (instead of the usual wee footnote one) appears before the full stop.

P.130 Schmalfuss, noticed

P.130 Gauss’s average

P.130 mathematical analysis.

P.134 <(3 + 1,729)> (1 + 1,728)

P.135 2 May, 1918.

P.135 27 February, 1919

P.135 13 March.

P.137 well known

P.139 refreezes

I've sent a version of the master back.

As a non-native English speaker, I found it hard to know when to use two words, hyphenated words or a "combined" word, so I haven't really changed those. I think in school they taught us to use two words mostly, where Swedish has a combined word. (two words written as one).

So I go a lot on gut feeling. If it helps, fine. If not, ignore it.

p148/258: "What Ramanujan is saying here is that 1729" should read "What Ramanujan is saying here is that 1,729". Add a comma.

I would also consider removal of the ambiguity genertated by the second hyphen which could be taken as a "minus sign" in front of the equation. Maybe put the "in other numbers" inside brackets?

World War

p30/258: First World War
p147/258: World War I
p148/258: World War II
p149/258: World War II (twice)
p162/258: World War II (twice)
p205/258: First World War
p228/258: World War Two
p235/258: World War Two

Without knowing otherwise, I'd think that "First World War" and "World War II" would be sufficiently correct. I'm not hard and fast though.

But if so corrections are required on p147, p228 and p235.

p71/258: "norwegian and asian peoples" => "Norwegian and Asian peoples"?

p70/258: gray => grey
p95/258: gray => grey

cf. "grey" on p95/258.

"I would also consider removal of the ambiguity generated by the second hyphen" Or change the second hyphen to a colon.

"gray => grey" I think Ben suggested we allow American spellings in these entries.


Ben, you will have noticed that I am quoting the page numbers that appear on the Anthology document itself. Would it be easier for you if I used the system Trout Montague is using? By the way, the page numbers on the PDF file do not exactly match those on the Word document.

I echo Rude Elf: "in other numbers" could possibly be italicised with an excleamation mark to emphasise to the reader its informality, say, something like:

"Or in other words - in other numbers - (3 + 1,729) = (729 + 1,000)."

"Or in other words... in other numbers(!)</>: (3 + 1,729) = (729 + 1,000)."

I can accept it'll be unpopular with the purists but ... well y'know.

And re: the grey/grays, sorry, I wasn't paying attention.

I've not yet started working through this thread and the Master; I am hoping to print out the posts on this thead and start tonight, but the best laid plans, etc. (I've not got the first proofs back from lulu yet, so I can't place a second order anyway).

Because I've not started, I've not yet got an opinion on which page numbers work best. Word shows me both the absolute page number (ie page 1 is the first page of the document) and the section page number (ie page 1 is the first page of the Introduction) so I should be able to work out where I am using either approach.

I'm really grateful for the whole-document approach you are taking - it's invaluable and definitely necessary. It's depressing how much we missed on the first pass....

Er... can I say "thank you" again?

Ben

Yeah, go on.

I'll continue to use the page numbers that appear on the document itself... until advised otherwise.

"P.134 <(3 + 1,729)> (1 + 1,728)" Please note this correction (I never miss anything not).

Ooh! Lulu are shipping the first proof copies tonight, so I need to get on with this.

Ben

Changes up to post 252 incorporated. There are a couple of exceptions, which I've noted on my paper copy, and will post here later.

Keep 'em coming.

B

P.143 130-year round trip

P.144 DC is given a footnote. I had to look this up...

P.145

P.146 seagoing vessel

P.146 seagoing captain

P.146

P.147

P.147

P.147 sea-defence work

P.148 In 1930, redevelopment

P.148 Up to that time, Black Rock

P.149

P.149

P.149

P.149 facelift

P.150 preserving

P.151

P.151

P.152

P.153

P.159 scale pan

P.162 Eggshell Mimicry

P.162 eggshell mimicry

P.164 another species that

P.164 tricked is,

P.164 downsize

P.164 are, on average, 2mm longer

P.166 roller coaster

P.167 stand up if

P.170 free kick

P.170 England number seven

P.172

P.174

P.180 might be

P.182 no one

P.182 no doubt

P.183 no one

P.184 primary end point

P.184 secondary end point

P.185 halfway

P.187 tea lady

I do have a definitive answer on the page number question. It is a little easier for me if you use the page number for the whole document. ie Page 1 is the first page of the document. But if you are working from a printed copy, then use the number printed on the page.

I expect to be working on this tonight and, at this rate, on Thursday too.

Ben

P.189 Royal Academy, and

P.195 flying boat

P.197 Touring for years

P.199

P.200

P.204

P.205 although he escaped

P.206 release, Sands

P.206

P.206 crossbar

P.207 prisoners were depriving themselves

P.208

P.208

P.208

P.208

P.208 I believe the wall still exists. Worth updating?

P.209

P.210

P.211 Sands was a convicted criminal

P.211

P.215 readjust

P.215 'Phil, we've got miles to go today'.

P.216 subsisted on

P.218 ice-cream cone

P.220 , dedicated to the cause, that research

P.223

P.223

P.224 once-in-250-year event

P.227 24-hour period

P.227 preventing a repeat

P.227 saltwater lakes

P.228 no one

P.230 Sometimes, in one

P.234 Well, here we go again.

P.234 indiscriminately (most likely deliberate)

P.235 Planeloads

P.236 effect that

P.237 12-hour days

P.238 Bears a copyright notice that may, or may not, be significant...


Pity there won't be time for me to go back to the beginning for another run-through...

p125/258 "had been spent at the villa he had had built at Maiernigg"
> "had been spent at the villa that he had had built at Maiernigg"
Maybe?


Also I think Rude Elf got this one already (post 302) but just in case ...

p125/258 "two operas-the opening Das Rheingold and the concluding Götterdämmerung-being taken by Alfred Hertz"

> "two operas - the opening Das Rheingold and the concluding Götterdämmerung - being taken by Alfred Hertz"

It's arrived!

It's looking good, (but not great yet - there are two blank pages after the tables of contents where there should be one, so the odd numbers are on the even pages. )

I'll crack on with updating the master tonight. I am VERY keen to get the order in as soon as possible now.

Ben