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Avoiding Transcription Errors

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Created 25/05/14, by CSG

Purpose

This Avoiding Transcription Errors page is being developed by Colin Greenstreet for use as a training tool during the MarineLives Summer Programme 2014

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Words

A

amendment
- Often transcribed as "mend"
- To amend a ship is to have a ship repaired

B

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C

currans or currants?
- usually "currans", but occasionally "currants"
- currants were imported from Zant and the Morea

D

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E

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F

foregoeing
- usually spelled with an "e", so "goeing" not "going"

G

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H

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I

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J

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K

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L

ladeing or lading
- the variants are distributed roughly 50/50, so be careful

M

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N

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0

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P

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Q

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R

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S

said or sayd
- probably 60% of the time "sayd"
- where there is the abbreviation "sd" on a page, look for an example of the expanded version on the same page and use that to exapand the contracted "sd"

she or shee
- the variants are distributed roughly 50/50, so be careful
- ships are referred to as "she/shee" and "her"

shipp or shipps?
- look carefully to see if there is an "s" after the second "p"
- does the sense of the phrase suggest this is a plural?

T

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U

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V

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W

Witnes or Witnesse
- You will find the variants "witnes" and "witnesse"
- You will never find "witness" with two "s" but without an "e"

X

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Y

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Z

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Capitalisation

C or G
- Captal "C's" and capital "G's" are easily confused

h or H
- only capitalise IF it is a clear "H", even if it is the first letter of a person's name
- so "henry" not "Henry", UNLESS a clear "H"

Grammar

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Common Sense

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