Errors in The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer

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Jul 13, 2024, 12:57:32 PM (4 days ago) Jul 13

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solution of ammonia Smith
- A comma is missing after ammonia.
- See #39 (p.33)
awesome light the light
- An em-dash is missing. This should read: “awesome light—the light”
- See #81 (p.75)
her fathers room
- Missing an apostrophe, should be “father’s”
- See #123 (p.117)
Fu-Manchu softly.
- Immediately following the end of this line, there is a paragraph break that doesn’t occur in the source text.
- See #176 (p.170)
come in I had
- A comma is missing after “in”.
- See #196 (p.190)
moved on a faint
- A comma is missing after “on”.
- See #250 (p.244)
so delightful, In
- The I in “In” should be lowercase.
- See #342 (p.336)
snowy wig dashed
- There is a missing em-dash between wig and dashed.
- See #380 (p.374)
may come though
- There is a missing em-dash between come and though.
- See #388 (p.382)

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Jul 15, 2024, 3:28:26 PM (2 days ago) Jul 15

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Hi there, thanks for this report, these should all be fixed now!

On 7/13/24 11:57 AM, Glenn Willey wrote:
> https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/sax-rohmer/the-insidious-dr-fu-manchu
> <https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/sax-rohmer/the-insidious-dr-fu-manchu>
>
> *
>
> solution of ammonia Smith
>
> o

>
> A comma is missing after ammonia.
>

> o
>
> See #39 (p.33)
>
> *
>
> awesome light the light
>
> o

>
> An em-dash is missing. This should read: “awesome light—the light”
>

> o
>
> See #81 (p.75)
>
> *
>
> her fathers room
>
> o

>
> Missing an apostrophe, should be “father’s”
>

> o
>
> See #123 (p.117)
>
> *
>
> Fu-Manchu softly.
>
> o

>
> Immediately following the end of this line, there is a paragraph
> break that doesn’t occur in the source text.
>

> o
>
> See #176 (p.170)
>
> *
>
> come in I had
>
> o

>
> A comma is missing after “in”.
>

> o
>
> See #196 (p.190)
>
> *
>
> moved on a faint
>
> o

>
> A comma is missing after “on”.
>

> o
>
> See #250 (p.244)
>
> *
>
> so delightful, In
>
> o

>
> The I in “In” should be lowercase.
>

> o
>
> See #342 (p.336)
>
> *
>
> snowy wig dashed
>
> o

>
> There is a missing em-dash between wig and dashed.
>

> o
>
> See #380 (p.374)
>
> *
>
> may come though
>
> o

>
> There is a missing em-dash between come and though.
>

> o

>
> See #388 (p.382)
>
>
> Source checked against: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012192994

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