From d7be74871379a8f66948e177d9085b042a54d969 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Bystricky <lb13f@my.fsu.edu>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 12:05:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add guidelines for compound words

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 .../how-tos/things-to-look-out-for-when-proofreading.php    | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/www/contribute/how-tos/things-to-look-out-for-when-proofreading.php b/www/contribute/how-tos/things-to-look-out-for-when-proofreading.php
index e71e5fa9..d57d9a13 100644
--- a/www/contribute/how-tos/things-to-look-out-for-when-proofreading.php
+++ b/www/contribute/how-tos/things-to-look-out-for-when-proofreading.php
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
 			<ul>
 				<li><p><b>Spelling errors.</b> Actual spelling errors are very rare. If a word appears to be misspelled, it’s worth it to check the page scans, but such cases are often done on purpose by the author, or using an older spelling, or are spelled differently in en-US vs. en-GB.</p></li>
 				<li><p><b>Changing from en-GB to en-US or vice versa.</b> Spelling differences between the continents were not yet settled then, so it’s common for books to be set in a blend of spellings. We don’t convert from one style to the other, or try to ensure perfect consistency between styles. This includes en-GB differences like using “an” in front of a word starting in “h,” like “an hundred.”</p></li>
+				<li><p><br>Compound words.</b> Some words that today are usually written as a single word may in older works be printed as two words separated by a space or a hyphen. The most common cases are handled by <code class="bash"><b>se</b> modernize-spelling</code>, however there are so many possible combinations that eliminating or standardizing all of them would be a major challenge. As such it is <i>not required</i> to change compound words, although this can <i>optionally</i> be done provided there is sufficient evidence that a modern printing would do so. The following words are exceptions and <i>should never be modernized</i> (<abbr class="initialism">N.B. this does not mean we split them if they are already printed as a single word):</p>
+				<ul>
+						<li><p>none the less</p></li>
+						<li><p>worth while</p></li>
+				</ul>
+				</li>
 				<li><p><b>Keeping a 100% faithful representation of a print page layout.</b> Sometimes books have complicated page layouts in print. But ebooks are not the same as print books, with the most important distinction being that there is no “page” to align items to. So, we’re not so concerned with maintaining a pixel-perfect reproduction of print layouts; rather, we wish to <em>adapt</em> print layouts as best we can to the ebook medium.</p></li>
 			</ul>
 			<aside class="tip">