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The following table is adapted from the scale of the American Library Association, [1] [9] which uses a basis sheet of 19-by-25-inch (483 by 635 mm) [10] which is, confusingly if not explained by the source, half the text/book stock sheet of 25-by-38-inch (635 by 965 mm), and in which size refers to the dimensions of the cover (trimmed pages ...
In ancient civilizations, books were often in the form of papyrus or parchment scrolls, which contained about the same amount of text as a typical chapter in a modern book. This is the reason chapters in recent reproductions and translations of works of these periods are often presented as "Book 1", "Book 2" etc.
She was a Guggenheim Fellow, [4] Fulbright Fellow, and president of the Semiotic Society of America. [5]Her book, Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World, which was published in 2008, won the English-Speaking Union’s HRH The Duke of Edinburgh ESU English Language Book Award for 2008.
The Common English Bible (CEB) is an English translation of the Bible whose language is intended to be at a comfortable reading level for the majority of English readers. [2] The translation, sponsored by an alliance of American mainline Protestant denomination publishers, was begun in late 2008 and was finished in 2011. [ 3 ]
Old English c. 900: Vulgate Aldred the Scribe: Northumbrian interlinear gloss on the Gospels in the Lindisfarne Gospels: Old English 950 to 970 Vulgate Farman Gloss on the Gospel of Matthew in the Rushworth Gospels: Old English 950 to 970 Vulgate Ælfric: Pentateuch, Book of Joshua, Judges: Old English c. 990: Vulgate Wessex Gospels [1] Gospels ...
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (CamGEL [n 1]) is a descriptive grammar of the English language. Its primary authors are Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pullum. Huddleston was the only author to work on every chapter. It was published by Cambridge University Press in 2002 and has been cited more than 8,000 times. [1]
English Qaballa (EQ) is a system of Hermetic Qabalah, supported by a system of arithmancy that interprets the letters of the English alphabet via an assigned set of values. It was created by James Lees in 1976, through his efforts to understand, interpret, and elaborate on the mysteries of Aleister Crowley 's Book of the Law .
The Society was known as the Queen's English Society from its foundation, until the Society resolved to change its name in September 2024. [ 2 ] In June 2012 the Society had announced its closure because of declining participation, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] but it continued to exist, as volunteers filled the committee in September 2012.