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@Everyone who wonders which is correct. (from Wikipedia)Cummings' publishers and others have sometimes echoed the unconventional orthography in his poetry by writing his name in lowercase and without periods (full stops), but normal orthography (uppercase and full stops) is supported by scholarship and preferred by publishers today. Cummings himself used both the lowercase and capitalized versions, though he most often signed his name with capitals.
B the BookAddict wrote: "@Everyone who wonders which is correct. (from Wikipedia)Cummings' publishers and others have sometimes echoed the unconventional orthography in his poetry by writing his name in lowercase and wi..."
Interesting Bette!
Interesting that "scholars and publishers" have decided to ignore the wishes of the man himself. Bowing to convention, perhaps? Of course publishers prefer it - it's easier! :D
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I had trouble getting through it Chrissie, but that was so many years ago. I might react completely differently if I read it now.
Hmmm, thanks, Greg. I read some reviews and the humor appealed to me. Also it is not poetry which rarely works for me. And it has history....
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Greg, I know what you mean about being too young. Me too, with other books.
Can someone please fix the following:Portrait Of An Artist, As An Old Man
this edition, which has no date, has a review in the blurb area. Please edit the blurb to reflect the blurb which appear on the following hardcover edition dated June 12th, 2000 Portrait Of An Artist, As An Old Man
Thanks!
could someon make an alteration in the information for this audiobook: The Life of Wolfgang Amadeas MozartIs is NOT an ABRIDGED audiobook. It is 3 hours and 38 minutes long. there are two narrators - Nigel Anthony and Paul Rhys.
Thank you!
I think this is the right spot to report this. The first published date on the following book is incorrect.The Spook's Apprentice
I'm not positive what the correct date is (probably around 2005), but it's most certainly not 323.
Myst wrote: "I think this is the right spot to report this. The first published date on the following book is incorrect.The Spook's Apprentice
I'm not positive what the correct date is (probably..."
lol!! I have removed that incorrect information
Please can someone sort this. It says Mariner instead of Marner! ThanksSilas Mariner: The Weaver of Raveloe
Chrissie wrote: "could someon make an alteration in the information for this audiobook: The Life of Wolfgang Amadeas MozartIs is NOT an ABRIDGED audiobook. It is 3 hours and 38 minutes long. there ..."
Hey Chrissie, since I can't see a reply to this I just checked again, I can no longer see 'abridged' but I also corrected the title (the man's name really isn't Amadeas for crying out loud ;) and added the narrators
B the BookAddict wrote: "Can someone please fix the following:Portrait Of An Artist, As An Old Man
this edition, which has no date, has a review in the blu..."I've added publishing date, number of pages and the original blurb for the paperback Bette.
There seems to be several records for Little Bastards in Springtime: A Novel and Little Bastards in Springtime . Can these be merged? I noticed it when I read Terri's review and didn't see mine there . Then I saw the two entries . Thanks .
Angela M wrote: "There seems to be several records for Little Bastards in Springtime: A Novel and Little Bastards in Springtime . Can these be merged? I noticed it when I read Terri'..."Done!
Thanks, Jenny. It is good when one doesn't always see everything. That is pretty bad with the name misspelled.
@Jenny (the man's name really isn't Amadeas for crying out loud ;)My first response; LMAO
but seriously; There may be a whole generation who think that is Mozart's name, thanks to the film!
Well it was his middle name after all, "Amadeus". Just not spelled that way!
Screaming title...Would you please change the following title from all caps to upper and lower case? (No need to shout!)
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS
Monica wrote: "Screaming title...Would you please change the following title from all caps to upper and lower case? (No need to shout!)
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS"
Done!
A related question - could some clever kind person correct the mistakes for Edmund Dulac. There are 4 entries with his name spelled correctly, and I know this sort of duplication happens a lot, so I don't usually bother to ask. But there are also two incorrect ones, Edward Dulac (ill.) and Edward Dulac. Both of these should be Edmund.
I found this when trying to add Laurence Housman's translation of Stories from the Arabian Nights, which is also up there as 2 editions of Stories from the Arabian Nights but not as the one I have, which is just "Arabian Nights" ...
I can add that myself, but could you make the corrections please. I'm not sure you can do it in the body of the book entry though, can you?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...(Link to the other version of "stories", where the mistake is in the body of the text)
Fixed the illustrator's name to be Edmund not Edward. Not sure what you want done with the editions of Housman's translations -- there are so many different editions of The Arabian Nights I am a bit hesitant to combine or eliminate any of them.
That's much better, thanks Leslie. I do suspect there's a mistake, but when it's a Createspace edition, someone might have inadvertently renamed the book when they reprinted it, so I agree it's probably best to leave it alone.But could you combine the four different Edmund Dulac entries which come up now when we click an "add author" link please?
Jean wrote: "That's much better, thanks Leslie. I do suspect there's a mistake, but when it's a Createspace edition, someone might have inadvertently renamed the book when they reprinted it, so I agree it's pro..."Done -- why people put misc. info in the "name" field baffles me. One of those had his birth in 882 instead of 1882 (but had the correct death making him 1071 years old when he died)!!
Dalai Lama XIV The way to freedom is obviously an incorrect author name. Can someone please fix this? Ta:)
B the BookAddict wrote: "Dalai Lama XIV The way to freedom is obviously an incorrect author name. Can someone please fix this? Ta:)"Done!
Leslie - thanks! (and yes I spotted that too! LOL)
Found another one!: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...I see heaps of these when searching out author's names for the Lit History thread. Will try to remember to post them here.
LYRICAL BALLADS 1798 - WITH A FEW OTHER POEMS by Wordsworth and ColeridgeCould someone please take this title out of capital letters? Ta!
AH! A CAPITAL IDEA! COULD SOMEONE PLEASE DO THE SAME FOR THIS ONE? NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
WE ALL KNOW CHARLES DICKENS IS GREAT, BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO SHOUT!
Jean wrote: "AH! A CAPITAL IDEA! COULD SOMEONE PLEASE DO THE SAME FOR THIS ONE? NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
WE ALL KNOW CHARLES DICKENS IS GREAT, BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO SHOUT!"
Done.
Wow that must be record timing! Thank you very much Dely :)(Perhaps shouting helped a bit after all ;) )
Jean wrote: "Wow that must be record timing! Thank you very much Dely :)(Perhaps shouting helped a bit after all ;) )"
Lol
I was just in the right place at the right moment.
Thank you anyway :) I was a bit gobsmacked to find that I asked the question before breakfast - and immediately afterwards it had been done! That is service! It had been annoying me for ages every time it came up on my page, that one ...
Wow, you guys are amazing. Keeping so vigilant. Great job. Keep going.
There's certainly a lot of work to be done and ... I have finally taken the plunge and applied for librarian status. At least then I'll be able to help out a bit, though it seems rather like painting the Forth Bridge! LOL! All assuming I get accepted of course; I applied about a fortnight ago and haven't heard yet :/ I'm itching to correct some of the mistakes ...Here's one I found earlier for a book I added:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Would you believe anyone can misspell the author name Charles Dickens. Please could someone correct this for me as it makes me want to throw things!?
Jean wrote: "There's certainly a lot of work to be done and ... I have finally taken the plunge and applied for librarian status. At least then I'll be able to help out a bit, though it seems rather like painti..."Done.
Thankyou very much dely. As speedy as ever ;) :)
My first job was a Librarian's assistant. Loved it! Would apply for the status here (I'm a very good anomaly detector, among other things), but have has two years of Too Much Goin On, you know? Eventually, I'd love to be of use! ( 100 points to whomever gets that reference!)Maybe next year
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There's a "Society for Correct Punctuation" here in England, whom I expect must have riveting conversations about the use of the Oxford comma *groan*. People can get very obsessive about it can't they? I also saw a feature by the organisation "Grammarly" about 10 point of grammar which were technically still incorrect, but obsolete (a bit like me putting 10 there, rather than spelling out the word "ten") and I found to my surprise that I agree with recategorising them them all. Language moves on and adapts.
But, sorry, I still reckon "E.E. Cummings" is just plain incorrect for the name of the author. For the name of the person at birth, perhaps.
WONDERFUL!!! I just tried to do the author link there, and found it has now, magically, been corrected to e. e. cummings! Thank you to whichever star here did this! :)