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Comparison of EBook ePub version by GeorgeH with Penguin edition For GeorgeH, by Guildenstern, with thanks for your work in making this EBook available !ome general points" #he $omparison is with the Penguin Classi$s edition, as published in %&'% with an introdu$tion by (ulian Barnes #he page numbers are as indi$ated on my )ook, so * suppose they may differ by at least a page from other readers depending on where page breaks o$$ur +any of the apparent differen$es $on$ern pun$tuation and parti$ularly hyphenation * have tried to distinguish between hard and soft hyphens #he o$$urren$e of the latter is of $ourse dependent on the font and margin si,e $hosen *t is noti$eable that in your te-t soft hyphenation never o$$urs at the end of the first line of a paragraph, even if this results in a large spa$e at the end of the line * don.t know whether this might be a rule of layout /ou seem to follow the usual Ameri$an $onvention in not having spa$es before and after em dashes #he Penguin does have su$h spa$es #his is 0ust a matter of style1 * mention it only be$ause it o$$urs in several pla$es below where * 2uote the Penguin * may be a bit of a pedant but * $ertainly would not make an issue of this *n the last hundred pages or so there are a number of possible errors that are $ommon to both the E3Book and Penguin versions For e-ample, $hara$ter names seem to get mangled" 4owther appears as 4uther 5p 6768, Cramp as Camp 5p 6998 +aybe Ford was tiring: * have read that he was relu$tant to write the fourth part * have not listed these below" if they are indeed mistakes only a 2ualified editor $ould presume to $orre$t them Apologies for any errors that * may have made #here must be a few;
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