acabal
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2 days ago Can you compare these against the page scans, and then open a PR with fixes? I think that will be a lot easier than having to list them out like this.
Note that we don't want to change old-fashioned word use (like "catched" for "caught"), only sound-alike spelling modernizations.
PLP-Consulting
This book is a mess. There are a ton of apostrophiz'd abbreviat'd past tense verbs and other archaic abbreviations, for example. And comma use is all over the place. Many archaic spellings. I think this needs some front-to-back attention. Here are some of the flaws I flagged before I gave up.
"...but there was so much noise and glamour..." I assume "clamour" is what's meant.
https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/introduction.xhtml#L290
"...make ample restitution or all the Negroes..." "for" all the Negroes probably
https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/introduction.xhtml#L305C1524-L305C1588
"...they abandoned themselves to dispair..." "despair" https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-3.xhtml#L22C142-L22C147
"...in the island were he liv’d..." "where" probably https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-4.xhtml#L14
"...Robert Tucker, etc. etc. The ..." the "etc." shouldn't be eoc; "The" shouldn't be capitalized"; I don't think datetime strings that only include the month and day are valid. https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-4.xhtml#L150
"Captain Mackra certainly run a great hazard..." "ran" https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-5.xhtml#L66C15-L66C21
"...and squezed their joints in a vice..." "squeezed" https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-5.xhtml#L71
"...by a canoa which he had surprised ashore..." "canoe" https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-7.xhtml#L22
"...their sugar course and dirty..." "coarse" https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-10.xhtml#L63
"...each side18 leagues long..." missing space https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-10.xhtml#L64
"Secondly, On the northern side of Guinea..." capitalization https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-10.xhtml#L71
"...which burrough in these sandy soils..." "burrow" https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-10.xhtml#L77
"...with a hoop of strong with..." not sure what that's supposed to be https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-10.xhtml#L80
"...and hooping out every minute..." "whooping" https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-10.xhtml#L100
In a few places the abbreviation "l." is given in the abbr title as "50" as though it were a roman numeral, but from context I think it is short for "pound".
"The harbour of Pernambuco is, perhaps, singular, it is made of a ledge of rocks..." should be a semicolon or maybe a period https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-11.xhtml#L48
"...and a hazey horizon..." "hazy" https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-11.xhtml#L49
"...and are observed by, as the North Star is in northern latitudes..." seems to be a missing word here https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-11.xhtml#L51
"...when any subject is catched..." "caught" https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-11.xhtml#L54
"...traveled at their leasure..." leisure https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-11.xhtml#L74C104-L74C111
Lots of punctuation at the end of mid-sentence parentheticals, (like this,) which I think is against our style.
"...mutinous with one another, misuse prisoner’s, plunder beyond his order..." extraneous apostrophe https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-11.xhtml#L122
"...to be their grometta’s, or servants..." extraneous apostrophe, probably https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-11.xhtml#L162
There are also many inconsistencies in how months are abbreviated.
"...though in all liklyhood..." likelihood https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-11.xhtml#L319
"...says the officer.-Not much..." shouldn't be a hyphen https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-11.xhtml#L325
"...for I have lost a good hat by it. (the hat and he being..." either the capitalization or punctuation is faulty https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-11.xhtml#L325
"...he would tear it off.—nevertheless the surgeon..." either the capitalization or punctuation is faulty https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-11.xhtml#L326
"...who sometimes take a liking to humane carcasses." "human" https://github.com/standardebooks/captain-charles-johnson_a-general-history-of-the-pirates/blob/916b2238d77c58dbf286ced319269143ef018885/src/epub/text/chapter-11.xhtml#L1409C1-L1409C2759