Errors in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

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Arianne

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Feb 14, 2025, 4:26:41 AM2/14/25
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Error: with a select party of two other young gentleman
Correction: gentleman -> gentlemen

Error: Walk in sir; walk in, pray, Mr. Bumble
Correction: Add comma after first in

(same page)
Error: “I’m sure Mr. Bumble, that I was only a
Correction: Add comma after sure

(same page)
Error: “Not a drop. Nor a drop,” said Mr. Bumble
Correction: Nor -> Not

(same page)
Error: suffer before my very eyes, you know sir.”
Correction: Add comma after know

(same page)
Error: “No;” said Mr. Bumble approvingly
Correction: Change semicolon to comma

(same page)
Error: “The child that was half-baptized Oliver Twist, is nine
Correction: Add comma after half-baptized

Error: bread and butter, less he should seem
Correction: less -> lest

Error: It would have been very like a Christian
Correction: Italicize very

(same page)
Error: and a marvellously good Christian too, if
Correction: Add comma after Christian

(same page)
Error: and half a roll of Sundays.
Correction: of -> on

Error: It appears, at first sight not unreasonable
Correction: Add comma after sight

Error: make ’em come down again,” said Gamfield
Correction: again -> agin (this character's dialogue is very accented - see rest of the paragraph)

(same page)
Error: and wery lazy, Gen’l’men, and there’s
Correction: Gen’l’men -> gen’lmen

(same page)
Error: It’s humane too, gen’l’men, acause
Correction: gen’l’men -> gen’lmen

(same page)
Error: chanced to be heard, indeed, or account of their being
Correction: or -> on

(same page)
Error: let me have him, gen’l’men?” said
Correction: gen’l’men -> gen’lmen

(same page)
Error: he returned to the table, and said,
Correction: Change comma after said to a colon

(same page)
Error: “What’ll you give, gen’l’men?
Correction: gen’l’men -> gen’lmen

(same page)
Error: say four pound, gen’l’men.
Correction: gen’l’men -> gen’lmen

(same page)
Error: “Come! I’ll split the diff’erence, gen’l’men,”
Correction: Delete apostrophe in difference; gen’l’men -> gen’lmen

(same page)
Error: desperate hard upon me, gen’l’men
Correction: gen’l’men -> gen’lmen

Error: Behind a desk, sat two old gentleman with
Correction: gentleman -> gentlemen

Error: looked at his companion, he nodded significantly.
Correction: Change comma to semicolon

Error: common recreations among gentleman of that class.
Correction: gentleman -> gentlemen

(same page)
Error: Mr. Sowerberry was a tall gaunt
Correction: Add comma after tall

Error: a great hole in one’s profits: especially when one
Correction: Change colon to semicolon

Error: Withdrawing his other hand from Mr. Bumble’s he covered his face
Correction: Add comma after Bumble's

(same page)
Error: a short, then, squeezed-up woman
Correction: then -> thin

Error: recollection of the sound of Mr. Bumble’s voice.

He needn’t haven taken the
Correction: He needn't... should not be a new paragraph; haven -> have

Error: artificial soul and spirit in him, ma’am unbecoming a
Correction: Add comma after ma’am

Error: a ’spectable old gentleman as lives
Correction: gentleman -> genelman

(same page)
Error: Mr. Dawkin’s appearance did not say a vast
Correction: Mr. Dawkin’s -> Mr. Dawkins’s

(same page)
Error: a rather flightly and dissolute
Correction: flightly -> flighty

Error: the young gentleman with the pipes came round him
Correction: gentleman -> gentlemen

Error: “A couple of pocketbooks,” replied that young gentlman.
Correction: gentlman -> gentleman

Error: When the breakfast was cleared away; the merry old gentlman
Correction: Change semicolon to comma; gentlman -> gentleman

(same page)
Error: ran upon his boot accidently, while
Correction: accidently -> accidentally

(same page)
Error: If the old gentlman felt a hand
Correction: gentlman -> gentleman

(same page)
Error: ladies called to see the young gentleman
Correction: gentleman -> gentlemen

Error: “Here his is, coming down the street.”
Correction: his -> he

(same page)
Error: expression of dislike, look anxiously round
Correction: look -> looked

Error: “You’re an insolent impertinent fellow.
Correction: Add comma after insolent

(same page)
Error: from being heard⁠—accidently, of course.
Correction: accidently -> accidentally

(same page)
Error: because he had saw him running away
Correction: Delete had

(same page)
Error: Oliver tried to reply but his tongue failed him.
Correction: Add comma after reply

Error: perfectly amazed and stupified by it.”
Correction: stupified -> stupefied

(same page)
Error: to relate, in a more coherent manner the exact
Correction: Add comma after manner

Error: producing, a little covered basket.
Correction: Delete comma

(same page)
Error: “Yes, yes, my dear, so it does,” said the Jew, hanging a large street-door key on the forefinger of the young lady’s right hand.

“There; very good! Very good indeed
Correction: "There; very good... should follow right after ...young lady's right hand. with no line break

Error: he must be found,” said the Jew greatly excited.
Correction: Add comma after Jew

(same page)
Error: “I see it is ma’am,” replied Oliver.
Correction: Add comma after is

Error: that is, some cases; because there are books of which
Correction: some cases -> in some cases; italicize are

Error: in a growling, discontented voice.
Correction: Change period to comma

(same page)
Error: a piece of this poor surgeon’s friend on the staircase
Correction: surgeon’s friend -> surgeon’s-friend

Error: I only knew two sort of boys.
Correction: knew -> know; sort -> sorts

(same page)
Error: “Where does he come from! Who is he?
Correction: Change exclamation point to question mark

(same page)
Error: boy was strong enough to hear it
Correction: hear -> bear

Error: Showing How Very Fond of Oliver Twist, the Merry Old Jew and Miss Nancy Were (chapter title)
Correction: Delete comma

(same page)
Error: Having given in a hearty shake,
Correction: in -> it

Error: followed, at a little distant, by the dog
Correction: distant -> distance

(same page)
Error: Clerkenwell, he accidently turned down
Correction: accidently -> accidentally

(same page)
Error: woman screaming out very loud. “Oh, my dear brother!”
Correction: Change period to comma

(same page)
Error: “I have found him! Oh! Oliver!
Correction: I have -> I've

Error: stupified by the blows and the suddenness
Correction: stupified -> stupefied

(same page)
Error: lights in the shops could scarecely struggle through
Correction: scarecely -> scarcely

Error: At his, Master Bates roared again
Correction: his -> this

(same page)
Error: whether the sally of the discovery
Correction: of -> or

(same page)
Error: fell into another ectasy, more
Correction: ectasy -> ecstasy

Error: and could scarecely understand what passed
Correction: scarecely -> scarcely

(same page)
Error: violently with the man, “the child shan’t
Correction: Change comma to colon

Error: said the Jew appealing to him in a remonstratory
Correction: Add comma after Jew

Error: to dispose to the matter before the quarter-sessions
Correction: dispose -> depose

Error: said the child pressing his small hands together
Correction: Add comma after child

(same page)
Error: “I hope the gentleman will understand that
Correction: gentleman -> gentlemen

Error: “It’s a the⁠—; you’re one,
Correction: the -> th

(same page)
Error: “This hasn’t go anything to do with
Correction: go -> got

Error: who had entered unseen by Oliver.
Correction: Add comma after entered

(same page)
Error: “It all lies in a nutshell my dear;
Correction: Add comma after nutshell

(same page)
Error: genius and professional aquirements.
Correction: aquirements -> acquirements

(same page)
Error: forty-two moral long hardworking days
Correction: moral -> mortal

Error: “It is cold, Nancy dear,” said
Correction: Italicize is

(same page)
Error: if it finds its way through your heart,”
Correction: Italicize your

Error: Oho! It couldn’t have come about better! The old man crossed his arms upon his breast; and, drawing his head and shoulders into a heap, literally hugged himself for joy.”
Correction: Add ” after better!; delete ” after joy.

Error: the more he was at a loss to divine its real purpose and meaning.

He could think of no bad object to be attained
Correction: He could think... should not be a new paragraph

(same page)
Error: better suited for his purpose could be engaged.
Correction: Add comma after purpose

Error: a person of Mr. Sikes’ temperament.
Correction: Mr. Sikes’ -> Mr. Sikes’s

Error: Come, don’t lag behind already, Lazy-legs!”
Correction: Lazy-legs -> Lazylegs

Error: stooping over his recumbant friend
Correction: recumbant -> recumbent

(same page)
Error: scarecely knowing where he was
Correction: scarecely -> scarcely

(same page)
Error: said Sikes clapping his hand upon his pocket.
Correction: Add comma after Sikes

(same page)
Error: Barney wrapped in a blanket,
Correction: Add comma after Barney

(same page)
Error: or retracing someone or other of the scenes of the past day
Correction: someone -> some one

(same page)
Error: “Now then!” said Sikes, holding out his hand.
Correction: Change exclamation point to comma

(same page)
Error: Oliver: who was completely stupified by the
Correction: stupified -> stupefied

Error: partners with him against the Artfull and dumb.”
Correction: Artfull and dumb -> Artful and dum

(same page)
Error: your shoulders, if you want to come over him.”
Correction: Italicize him

Error: “Mind that. Fagin! I had no
Correction: Change period to comma

Error: Do you hear sir? Kissing!”
Correction: Add comma after hear

Error: ‘pass my house yesterday morning,’ ‘Why
Correction: Change comma to period

(same page)
Error: didn’t you up, and collar him!’ says Spyers.
Correction: Change exclamation point to question mark

(same page)
Error: who, being accidently wounded by a
Correction: accidently -> accidentally

Error: Stop coachman. Pull up here,”
Correction: Add comma after stop

(same page)
Error: “Halloa?” said a little ugly
Correction: Change question mark to exclamation point

(same page)
Error: “I hear you,” said the doctor, giving his captive a hearty shake.

“Where’s⁠—confound the fellow,
Correction: "Where's... should follow directly after shake. with no line break

Error: “Has his housekeeper gone too?”
Correction: Add comma after gone

Error: and which, in Oliver’s were true felicity.
Correction: Add comma after Oliver's

(same page)
Error: Wherein the Happiness of Oliver and His Friends, Experiences a Sudden Check (chapter title)
Correction: Delete comma

(same page)
Error: every slight attention, and comfort on those
Correction: Delete comma

Error: and so in truth, was he; but seeing
Correction: Add comma after so

(same page)
Error: “She is very ill now,” rejoined Mrs. Maylies;
Correction: Maylies -> Maylie

(same page)
Error: efforts to the contrary. “Oh! consider
Correction: Change period to semicolon; “Oh! -> “oh!

Error: when he accidently stumbled against
Correction: accidently -> accidentally

Error: said the doctor supporting her. “Be calm
Correction: Add comma after doctor

Error: At this, the two women-servants lifted up their hands and eyes, and supposed that Mr. Giles, pulling out his shirt-frill, replied
Correction: Missing part of sentence; should read: At this, the two women-servants lifted up their hands and eyes, and supposed that Mr. Giles would begin to be quite proud now whereunto Mr. Giles, pulling out his shirt-frill, replied...

Error: ought, in justice to be visited with no
Correction: Add comma after justice

Error: “or you have known my name.
Correction: you have -> you would have

Error: “It has the word ‘Agnes’ engraved on the inside,” said the woman.

“There is a blank
Correction: “There is... should follow right after woman. with no line break

(same page)
Error: said his wife addressing Monks, after a short silence
Correction: Add comma after wife; delete comma after Monks

Error: “Whining are you?” said Sikes. “Come!
Correction: Add comma after whining

(same page)
Error: now, the girls’s whining again!”
Correction: girls’s -> girl’s

Error: with the Dodger and Master Bates put the eatables
Correction: with -> while

Error: in which Sikes was awaiting her returned
Correction: returned -> return

Error: “had seen him accidently with two of
Correction: accidently -> accidentally

Error: Oliver needed no prompting to despatch
Correction: despatch -> dispatch

Error: and party by such arguments and
Correction: party -> partly

Error: thing it would be, wouldn’t it to go and
Correction: Add comma after wouldn't it

(same page)
Error: and numbers of vehicles, that London
Correction: numbers -> number

Error: “Is he in a good way of business; that’s where it is!”
Correction: Change semicolon to question mark

Error: having neither honour nor glory for!”
Correction: Change exclamation point to question mark

(same page)
Error: “Wasn’t he always the top-sawyer among you all!
Correction: Delete the

(same page)
Error: or come near him on any scent!
Correction: Change exclamation point to question mark

Error: Think how young he is too!
Correction: Add comma after is

(same page)
Error: how the Artful would bother ’em wouldn’t he?”
Correction: Add comma after ’em

(same page)
Error: “That wouldn’t quite fit,” replied Fagin shaking his head.
Correction: Add comma after Fagin

Error: ther won’t be an action for damage
Correction: ther -> there

Error: guilt and wretchedness that encompasses her
Correction: encompasses -> encompassed

(same page)
Error: At other times, she laughed without merriment, and was noisy without a moment afterwards⁠—she sat silent and dejected
Correction: Missing part of sentence; should read: At other times, she laughed without merriment, and was noisy without cause or meaning. At others—often within a moment afterwards⁠—she sat silent and dejected...

(same page)
Error: “It make you nervous, Bill⁠—reminds you
Correction: make -> makes

Error: “You’ll drive me on the something desperate,” muttered the girl placing both hands upon her breast
Correction: the -> to; add comma after girl

(same page)
Error: said the housebreaker wiping the perspiration
Correction: Add comma after housebreaker

Error: Fagin walked towards his home, intent
Correction: his home -> his own home

(same page)
Error: not from what had just passed though that had
Correction: Add comma after passed

Error: or sending me any more o’ yer
Correction: me any -> me to any

(same page)
Error: “That’s not the smallest danger in it
Correction: That's -> There's

Error: “Hah!” cried Sikes starting up. “Give that back.”
Correction: Add comma after Sikes

Error: desperate resolution to going back to London.
Correction: to -> of

Error: left him his panacea for all griefs
Correction: Italicize his

(same page)
Error: I had no letter, and I never saw him more.”
Correction: Delete quotation mark

Error: returned the old gentleman with a searching glance.
Correction: Add comma after gentleman

(same page)
Error: you, Edward Leeford, do you still brave me!”
Correction: Change exclamation point to question mark

Error: “I wish,” said Toby turning to Mr. Chitling
Correction: Add comma after Toby

Error: “What’s the meaning of this?” said Toby when they had returned.
Correction: Add comma after Toby

Error: “Toby,” said the boy falling back, as
Correction: Add comma after boy

(same page)
Error: “Witness you three,” cried the boy shaking his clenched fist
Correction: Add comma after boy

Error: occurrences that so recently taken place.
Correction: that so -> that had so

Error: “Nay,” returned the old gentlman
Correction: gentlman -> gentleman

Error: saw that the juryman had turned together
Correction: juryman -> jurymen

Error: cried the Jew, falling instantly, into the attitude
Correction: Add comma after falling

Thank you!

Alex Cabal

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Feb 14, 2025, 3:34:48 PM2/14/25
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Thanks these have been fixed!

The exception is gen’l’men -> gen’lmen as the first form is technically
correct, we are eliding two separate letters.

You have a very good eye for spotting typos. I invite you to consider
producing an ebook for us!

On 2/14/25 3:26 AM, Arianne wrote:
> https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/charles-dickens/oliver-twist
> <https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/charles-dickens/oliver-twist>
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/n27/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/n27/mode/2up> (end
> of this page, beginning of next)
> *Error:* with a select party of two other young gentleman
> *Correction:* gentleman -> gentlemen
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/n29/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/n29/mode/2up>
> *Error:* Walk in sir; walk in, pray, Mr. Bumble
> *Correction:* Add comma after first in
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “I’m sure Mr. Bumble, that I was only a
> *Correction:* Add comma after sure
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “Not a drop. Nor a drop,” said Mr. Bumble
> *Correction:* Nor -> Not
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* suffer before my very eyes, you know sir.”
> *Correction:* Add comma after know
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “No;” said Mr. Bumble approvingly
> *Correction:* Change semicolon to comma
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “The child that was half-baptized Oliver Twist, is nine
> *Correction:* Add comma after half-baptized
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/n31/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/n31/mode/2up>
> *Error:* bread and butter, less he should seem
> *Correction:* less -> lest
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/n33/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/n33/mode/2up>
> *Error:* It would have been very like a Christian
> *Correction:* Italicize very
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* and a marvellously good Christian too, if
> *Correction:* Add comma after Christian
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* and half a roll of Sundays.
> *Correction:* of -> on
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/n37/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/n37/mode/2up>
> *Error:* It appears, at first sight not unreasonable
> *Correction:* Add comma after sight
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/16/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/16/mode/2up>
> *Error:* make ’em come down again,” said Gamfield
> *Correction:* again -> agin (this character's dialogue is very accented
> - see rest of the paragraph)
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* and wery lazy, Gen’l’men, and there’s
> *Correction:* Gen’l’men -> gen’lmen
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* It’s humane too, gen’l’men, acause
> *Correction:* gen’l’men -> gen’lmen
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* chanced to be heard, indeed, or account of their being
> *Correction:* or -> on
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* let me have him, gen’l’men?” said
> *Correction:* gen’l’men -> gen’lmen
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* he returned to the table, and said,
> *Correction:* Change comma after said to a colon
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “What’ll you give, gen’l’men?
> *Correction:* gen’l’men -> gen’lmen
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* say four pound, gen’l’men.
> *Correction:* gen’l’men -> gen’lmen
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “Come! I’ll split the diff’erence, gen’l’men,”
> *Correction:* Delete apostrophe in difference; gen’l’men -> gen’lmen
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* desperate hard upon me, gen’l’men
> *Correction:* gen’l’men -> gen’lmen
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/18/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/18/mode/2up>
> *Error:* Behind a desk, sat two old gentleman with
> *Correction:* gentleman -> gentlemen
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/20/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/20/mode/2up>
> *Error:* looked at his companion, he nodded significantly.
> *Correction:* Change comma to semicolon
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/22/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/22/mode/2up>
> *Error:* common recreations among gentleman of that class.
> *Correction:* gentleman -> gentlemen
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* Mr. Sowerberry was a tall gaunt
> *Correction:* Add comma after tall
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/24/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/24/mode/2up>
> *Error:* a great hole in one’s profits: especially when one
> *Correction:* Change colon to semicolon
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/26/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/26/mode/2up>
> *Error:* Withdrawing his other hand from Mr. Bumble’s he covered his face
> *Correction:* Add comma after Bumble's
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* a short, then, squeezed-up woman
> *Correction:* then -> thin
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/34/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/34/mode/2up>
> *Error:* recollection of the sound of Mr. Bumble’s voice.
>
> He needn’t haven taken the
> *Correction:* He needn't... should not be a new paragraph; haven -> have
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/46/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/46/mode/2up>
> *Error:* artificial soul and spirit in him, ma’am unbecoming a
> *Correction:* Add comma after ma’am
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/54/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/54/mode/2up>
> *Error:* a ’spectable old gentleman as lives
> *Correction:* gentleman -> genelman
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* Mr. Dawkin’s appearance did not say a vast
> *Correction:* Mr. Dawkin’s -> Mr. Dawkins’s
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* a rather flightly and dissolute
> *Correction:* flightly -> flighty
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/56/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/56/mode/2up>
> *Error:* the young gentleman with the pipes came round him
> *Correction:* gentleman -> gentlemen
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/60/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/60/mode/2up>
> *Error:* “A couple of pocketbooks,” replied that young gentlman.
> *Correction:* gentlman -> gentleman
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/62/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/62/mode/2up>
> *Error:* When the breakfast was cleared away; the merry old gentlman
> *Correction:* Change semicolon to comma; gentlman -> gentleman
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* ran upon his boot accidently, while
> *Correction:* accidently -> accidentally
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* If the old gentlman felt a hand
> *Correction:* gentlman -> gentleman
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* ladies called to see the young gentleman
> *Correction:* gentleman -> gentlemen
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/68/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/68/mode/2up>
> *Error:* “Here his is, coming down the street.”
> *Correction:* his -> he
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* expression of dislike, look anxiously round
> *Correction:* look -> looked
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/72/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/72/mode/2up>
> *Error:* “You’re an insolent impertinent fellow.
> *Correction:* Add comma after insolent
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* from being heard⁠—accidently, of course.
> *Correction:* accidently -> accidentally
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* because he had saw him running away
> *Correction:* Delete had
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* Oliver tried to reply but his tongue failed him.
> *Correction:* Add comma after reply
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/74/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/74/mode/2up>
> *Error:* perfectly amazed and stupified by it.”
> *Correction:* stupified -> stupefied
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* to relate, in a more coherent manner the exact
> *Correction:* Add comma after manner
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/88/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/88/mode/2up>
> *Error:* producing, a little covered basket.
> *Correction:* Delete comma
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “Yes, yes, my dear, so it does,” said the Jew, hanging a large
> street-door key on the forefinger of the young lady’s right hand.
>
> “There; very good! Very good indeed
> *Correction:* "There; very good... should follow right after ...young
> lady's right hand. with no line break
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/92/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/92/mode/2up>
> *Error:* he must be found,” said the Jew greatly excited.
> *Correction:* Add comma after Jew
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “I see it is ma’am,” replied Oliver.
> *Correction:* Add comma after is
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/94/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/94/mode/2up>
> *Error:* that is, some cases; because there are books of which
> *Correction:* some cases -> in some cases; italicize are
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/96/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/96/mode/2up>
> *Error:* in a growling, discontented voice.
> *Correction:* Change period to comma
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* a piece of this poor surgeon’s friend on the staircase
> *Correction:* surgeon’s friend -> surgeon’s-friend
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/98/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/98/mode/2up>
> *Error:* I only knew two sort of boys.
> *Correction:* knew -> know; sort -> sorts
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “Where does he come from! Who is he?
> *Correction:* Change exclamation point to question mark
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* boy was strong enough to hear it
> *Correction:* hear -> bear
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/102/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/102/mode/2up>
> *Error:* Showing How Very Fond of Oliver Twist, the Merry Old Jew and
> Miss Nancy Were (chapter title)
> *Correction:* Delete comma
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* Having given in a hearty shake,
> *Correction:* in -> it
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/106/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/106/mode/2up>
> *Error:* followed, at a little distant, by the dog
> *Correction:* distant -> distance
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* Clerkenwell, he accidently turned down
> *Correction:* accidently -> accidentally
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* woman screaming out very loud. “Oh, my dear brother!”
> *Correction:* Change period to comma
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “I have found him! Oh! Oliver!
> *Correction:* I have -> I've
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/108/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/108/mode/2up>
> *Error:* stupified by the blows and the suddenness
> *Correction:* stupified -> stupefied
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* lights in the shops could scarecely struggle through
> *Correction:* scarecely -> scarcely
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/112/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/112/mode/2up>
> *Error:* At his, Master Bates roared again
> *Correction:* his -> this
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* whether the sally of the discovery
> *Correction:* of -> or
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* fell into another ectasy, more
> *Correction:* ectasy -> ecstasy
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/114/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/114/mode/2up>
> *Error:* and could scarecely understand what passed
> *Correction:* scarecely -> scarcely
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* violently with the man, “the child shan’t
> *Correction:* Change comma to colon
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/116/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/116/mode/2up>
> *Error:* said the Jew appealing to him in a remonstratory
> *Correction:* Add comma after Jew
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/120/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/120/mode/2up>
> *Error:* to dispose to the matter before the quarter-sessions
> *Correction:* dispose -> depose
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/122/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/122/mode/2up>
> *Error:* said the child pressing his small hands together
> *Correction:* Add comma after child
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “I hope the gentleman will understand that
> *Correction:* gentleman -> gentlemen
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/130/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/130/mode/2up>
> *Error:* “It’s a the⁠—; you’re one,
> *Correction:* the -> th
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “This hasn’t go anything to do with
> *Correction:* go -> got
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/132/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/132/mode/2up>
> *Error:* who had entered unseen by Oliver.
> *Correction:* Add comma after entered
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “It all lies in a nutshell my dear;
> *Correction:* Add comma after nutshell
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* genius and professional aquirements.
> *Correction:* aquirements -> acquirements
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* forty-two moral long hardworking days
> *Correction:* moral -> mortal
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/136/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/136/mode/2up>
> *Error:* “It is cold, Nancy dear,” said
> *Correction:* Italicize is
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* if it finds its way through your heart,”
> *Correction:* Italicize your
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/140/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/140/mode/2up>
> *Error:* Oho! It couldn’t have come about better! The old man crossed
> his arms upon his breast; and, drawing his head and shoulders into a
> heap, literally hugged himself for joy.”
> *Correction:* Add ” after better!; delete ” after joy.
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/144/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/144/mode/2up>
> *Error:* the more he was at a loss to divine its real purpose and meaning.
>
> He could think of no bad object to be attained
> *Correction:* He could think... should not be a new paragraph
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* better suited for his purpose could be engaged.
> *Correction:* Add comma after purpose
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/148/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/148/mode/2up>
> *Error:* a person of Mr. Sikes’ temperament.
> *Correction:* Mr. Sikes’ -> Mr. Sikes’s
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/152/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/152/mode/2up>
> *Error:* Come, don’t lag behind already, Lazy-legs!”
> *Correction:* Lazy-legs -> Lazylegs
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/158/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/158/mode/2up>
> *Error:* stooping over his recumbant friend
> *Correction:* recumbant -> recumbent
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* scarecely knowing where he was
> *Correction:* scarecely -> scarcely
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* said Sikes clapping his hand upon his pocket.
> *Correction:* Add comma after Sikes
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* Barney wrapped in a blanket,
> *Correction:* Add comma after Barney
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* or retracing someone or other of the scenes of the past day
> *Correction:* someone -> some one
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “Now then!” said Sikes, holding out his hand.
> *Correction:* Change exclamation point to comma
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* Oliver: who was completely stupified by the
> *Correction:* stupified -> stupefied
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/176/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/176/mode/2up>
> *Error:* partners with him against the Artfull and dumb.”
> *Correction:* Artfull and dumb -> Artful and dum
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* your shoulders, if you want to come over him.”
> *Correction:* Italicize him
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/190/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/190/mode/2up>
> *Error:* “Mind that. Fagin! I had no
> *Correction:* Change period to comma
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/198/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/198/mode/2up>
> *Error:* Do you hear sir? Kissing!”
> *Correction:* Add comma after hear
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/224/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/224/mode/2up>
> *Error:* ‘pass my house yesterday morning,’ ‘Why
> *Correction:* Change comma to period
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* didn’t you up, and collar him!’ says Spyers.
> *Correction:* Change exclamation point to question mark
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* who, being accidently wounded by a
> *Correction:* accidently -> accidentally
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/230/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/230/mode/2up>
> *Error:* Stop coachman. Pull up here,”
> *Correction:* Add comma after stop
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “Halloa?” said a little ugly
> *Correction:* Change question mark to exclamation point
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “I hear you,” said the doctor, giving his captive a hearty shake.
>
> “Where’s⁠—confound the fellow,
> *Correction:* "Where's... should follow directly after shake. with no
> line break
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/232/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/232/mode/2up>
> *Error:* “Has his housekeeper gone too?”
> *Correction:* Add comma after gone
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/236/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/236/mode/2up>
> *Error:* and which, in Oliver’s were true felicity.
> *Correction:* Add comma after Oliver's
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* Wherein the Happiness of Oliver and His Friends, Experiences a
> Sudden Check (chapter title)
> *Correction:* Delete comma
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* every slight attention, and comfort on those
> *Correction:* Delete comma
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/238/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/238/mode/2up>
> *Error:* and so in truth, was he; but seeing
> *Correction:* Add comma after so
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “She is very ill now,” rejoined Mrs. Maylies;
> *Correction:* Maylies -> Maylie
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* efforts to the contrary. “Oh! consider
> *Correction:* Change period to semicolon; “Oh! -> “oh!
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/240/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/240/mode/2up>
> *Error:* when he accidently stumbled against
> *Correction:* accidently -> accidentally
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/244/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/244/mode/2up>
> *Error:* said the doctor supporting her. “Be calm
> *Correction:* Add comma after doctor
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/250/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/250/mode/2up>
> *Error:* At this, the two women-servants lifted up their hands and eyes,
> and supposed that Mr. Giles, pulling out his shirt-frill, replied
> *Correction:* Missing part of sentence; should read: At this, the two
> women-servants lifted up their hands and eyes, and supposed that Mr.
> Giles would begin to be quite proud now whereunto Mr. Giles, pulling out
> his shirt-frill, replied...
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/268/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/268/mode/2up>
> *Error:* ought, in justice to be visited with no
> *Correction:* Add comma after justice
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/270/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/270/mode/2up>
> *Error:* “or you have known my name.
> *Correction:* you have -> you would have
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/280/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/280/mode/2up>
> *Error:* “It has the word ‘Agnes’ engraved on the inside,” said the woman.
>
> “There is a blank
> *Correction:* “There is... should follow right after woman. with no line
> break
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* said his wife addressing Monks, after a short silence
> *Correction:* Add comma after wife; delete comma after Monks
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/284/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/284/mode/2up>
> *Error:* “Whining are you?” said Sikes. “Come!
> *Correction:* Add comma after whining
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* now, the girls’s whining again!”
> *Correction:* girls’s -> girl’s
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/288/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/288/mode/2up>
> *Error:* with the Dodger and Master Bates put the eatables
> *Correction:* with -> while
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/292/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/292/mode/2up>
> *Error:* in which Sikes was awaiting her returned
> *Correction:* returned -> return
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/298/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/298/mode/2up>
> *Error:* “had seen him accidently with two of
> *Correction:* accidently -> accidentally
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/304/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/304/mode/2up>
> *Error:* Oliver needed no prompting to despatch
> *Correction:* despatch -> dispatch
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/310/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/310/mode/2up>
> *Error:* and party by such arguments and
> *Correction:* party -> partly
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/314/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/314/mode/2up>
> *Error:* thing it would be, wouldn’t it to go and
> *Correction:* Add comma after wouldn't it
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* and numbers of vehicles, that London
> *Correction:* numbers -> number
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/320/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/320/mode/2up>
> *Error:* “Is he in a good way of business; that’s where it is!”
> *Correction:* Change semicolon to question mark
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/324/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/324/mode/2up>
> *Error:* having neither honour nor glory for!”
> *Correction:* Change exclamation point to question mark
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “Wasn’t he always the top-sawyer among you all!
> *Correction:* Delete the
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* or come near him on any scent!
> *Correction:* Change exclamation point to question mark
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/326/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/326/mode/2up>
> *Error:* Think how young he is too!
> *Correction:* Add comma after is
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* how the Artful would bother ’em wouldn’t he?”
> *Correction:* Add comma after ’em
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “That wouldn’t quite fit,” replied Fagin shaking his head.
> *Correction:* Add comma after Fagin
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/330/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/330/mode/2up>
> *Error:* ther won’t be an action for damage
> *Correction:* ther -> there
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/332/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/332/mode/2up>
> *Error:* guilt and wretchedness that encompasses her
> *Correction:* encompasses -> encompassed
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* At other times, she laughed without merriment, and was noisy
> without a moment afterwards⁠—she sat silent and dejected
> *Correction:* Missing part of sentence; should read: At other times, she
> laughed without merriment, and was noisy without cause or meaning. At
> others—often within a moment afterwards⁠—she sat silent and dejected...
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “It make you nervous, Bill⁠—reminds you
> *Correction:* make -> makes
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/334/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/334/mode/2up>
> *Error:* “You’ll drive me on the something desperate,” muttered the girl
> placing both hands upon her breast
> *Correction:* the -> to; add comma after girl
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* said the housebreaker wiping the perspiration
> *Correction:* Add comma after housebreaker
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/336/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/336/mode/2up>
> *Error:* Fagin walked towards his home, intent
> *Correction:* his home -> his own home
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* not from what had just passed though that had
> *Correction:* Add comma after passed
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/338/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/338/mode/2up>
> *Error:* or sending me any more o’ yer
> *Correction:* me any -> me to any
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “That’s not the smallest danger in it
> *Correction:* That's -> There's
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/360/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/360/mode/2up>
> *Error:* “Hah!” cried Sikes starting up. “Give that back.”
> *Correction:* Add comma after Sikes
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/364/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/364/mode/2up>
> *Error:* desperate resolution to going back to London.
> *Correction:* to -> of
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/370/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/370/mode/2up>
> *Error:* left him his panacea for all griefs
> *Correction:* Italicize his
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* I had no letter, and I never saw him more.”
> *Correction:* Delete quotation mark
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/372/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/372/mode/2up>
> *Error:* returned the old gentleman with a searching glance.
> *Correction:* Add comma after gentleman
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* you, Edward Leeford, do you still brave me!”
> *Correction:* Change exclamation point to question mark
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/376/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/376/mode/2up>
> *Error:* “I wish,” said Toby turning to Mr. Chitling
> *Correction:* Add comma after Toby
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/378/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/378/mode/2up>
> *Error:* “What’s the meaning of this?” said Toby when they had returned.
> *Correction:* Add comma after Toby
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/380/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/380/mode/2up>
> *Error:* “Toby,” said the boy falling back, as
> *Correction:* Add comma after boy
>
> (same page)
> *Error:* “Witness you three,” cried the boy shaking his clenched fist
> *Correction:* Add comma after boy
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/386/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/386/mode/2up>
> *Error:* occurrences that so recently taken place.
> *Correction:* that so -> that had so
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/394/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/394/mode/2up>
> *Error:* “Nay,” returned the old gentlman
> *Correction:* gentlman -> gentleman
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/398/mode/2up
> <https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/398/mode/2up>
> *Error:* saw that the juryman had turned together
> *Correction:* juryman -> jurymen
>
> https://archive.org/details/olivertwist1907dick/page/404/mode/2up
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> *Error:* cried the Jew, falling instantly, into the attitude
> *Correction:* Add comma after falling
>
> Thank you!
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Got it, thank you! I'm not sure I'm savvy enough in the technical side of things to work on a full production, but I'm happy to help the project in the ways I'm able. :)
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