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Excerpt from What Is an Index?: A Few Notes on Indexes and Indexers
Such is still its meaning, and it is in this sense that the Index Society would wish their title to be understood.
There is a group of words, viz. Index, Table, Register, Calendar, Summary, and Syllabus, all of which were once generally used with much the same signification; but as soon as Index had been recognized as a thoroughly English word, it beat its companions in the race, although it had a long struggle with the word Table.
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Such is still its meaning, and it is in this sense that the Index Society would wish their title to be understood.
There is a group of words, viz. Index, Table, Register, Calendar, Summary, and Syllabus, all of which were once generally used with much the same signification; but as soon as Index had been recognized as a thoroughly English word, it beat its companions in the race, although it had a long struggle with the word Table.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Henry B. Wheatley
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780265381052
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm
Page Count - 135
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Contributors
Author
Henry B. Wheatley
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781333050610
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm
Page Count - 137
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