The practice of typography; correct composition; a treatise on spelling, abbreviations, the compounding and division of words, the proper use of figures and numerals, italic and capital letters, notes. etc., with observations on punctuation and proof-reading (1902)
De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 72
, and 99 is common, but itmakes an unpleasing abbreviation. The careful writer who has to abljreviate in hisfoot-notes the names of books and ])eriodi(als, orscientific terms and foreign or little-used words,should pre])are an alplial)etical list of abbrevia-tions that will prevent him and the… … Ill COMPOUND WORDS
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