Re: Duroiselle Grammar
From: Jim Anderson
Message: 1808
Date: 2006-05-13
Dear Ven. Nyanatusita,
I wrote:
> I asked Dr. Thant Thaw Kaung of the Myanmar Book Centre about the format
of
> this grammar and your hunch is correct. It's a photocopy. If BPS goes
ahead
> and republishes it, I'd be interested in ordering a copy for myself
although
> I think I'd prefer a reprint of the original 1906 edition rather than a
21st
> cent. revised one.
You asked:
<< Why do you prefer a photocopy of the 1906 edition? >>
I think you may have misread me as I wrote "reprint" not "photocopy". I
think of a photocopy as loose pages spewed out by a photocopy machine such
as a coin-operated one you'd find in a library. By "reprint", I'm thinking
of a republication in book form of the original 1906 edition with perhaps
the addition of a new preface and a few pages of corrigenda. By "revised",
I'm thinking of a totally new work with the original edition having
undergone some major changes by a different and later hand. I don't know
which you're thinking of publishing. I'm guessing that it is probably a
"revised" edition that you have in mind.
Best wishes,
Jim
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