The English of military communicationsGanoe, William Addleman
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The English of military communications
Ganoe, William Addleman
English language -- Rhetoric; Military orders; United States. Army -- Records and correspondence
[32] The term “holding attack” as used in this form is for
convenience only; it is never used in actual orders, as the vigor of
an attack might be lessened if the troops knew it was “holding” only.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Footnote [5] has two anchors on page 60 and 61. Footnotes [6]
and [7] each have three anchors on page 61.
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.
Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added,
when a predominant preference was found in the original book.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
ToC (Table of Contents): page number ‘164’ replaced by ‘165’.
ToC: page number ‘186’ replaced by ‘187’.
Pg 18: ‘Cambrai and has’ replaced by ‘CAMBRAI and has’.
Pg 68: ‘start at 5:30’ replaced by ‘start at 5-30’.
Pg 70: ‘the nothern exit’ replaced by ‘the northern exit’.
Pg 79: ‘You haev heard’ replaced by ‘You have heard’.
Pg 109: ‘to salve tactical’ replaced by ‘to solve tactical’.
Pg 127: ‘Ersatz Abeiltung’ replaced by ‘Ersatz Abteilung’.
Pg 128: ‘Albrechtmörser’ replaced by ‘Albrecht-Mörser’.
Pg 130: ‘Ersatz Abeiltung’ replaced by ‘Ersatz Abteilung’.
Pg 130: ‘1st Abeiltung’ replaced by ‘1st Abteilung’.
Pg 163: ‘Departments issues’ replaced by ‘Departments issue’.
Pg 181: ‘Your respectfully,’ replaced by ‘Yours respectfully,’.
Pg 190: ‘of where messages’ replaced by ‘or where messages’.
Pg 196: ‘(les 1 bn.)’ replaced by ‘(less 1 bn.)’.
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