Quartos is an English word. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Quartos meaning
plural of quarto
Using Quartos
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of quarto
- In the example corpus, quartos often appears in combinations such as: the quartos.
Context around Quartos
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quartos
- In this selection, "quartos" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, volumes, bad, first and main stand out and add context to how "quartos" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include classified bad quartos by alfred and folios and quartos first appeared. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quartos" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quartos
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Folios are large, tall volumes; quartos are smaller, roughly half the size (see Book size ). (15 words)
Differing from the quartos of the plays, the first editions of Shakespeare's narrative poems are extremely well printed. (19 words)
Six of these were classified " bad quartos " by Alfred W. Pollard and other scholars associated with the New Bibliography. (19 words)
The Folio is no more a definitive text than the quartos; many of the plays in the folio omit lines that can be found in quarto versions, and include misprints and textual corruption. (33 words)
Modern versions—that take into account several of the Folios and Quartos—first appeared with Nicholas Rowe 's 1709 edition, followed by Alexander Pope 's 1723 version. (27 words)
Quartos main 18 of the 36 plays in the First Folio were printed in separate and individual editions prior to 1623. (21 words)
Example sentences (6)
Differing from the quartos of the plays, the first editions of Shakespeare's narrative poems are extremely well printed.
Folios are large, tall volumes; quartos are smaller, roughly half the size (see Book size ).
Modern versions—that take into account several of the Folios and Quartos—first appeared with Nicholas Rowe 's 1709 edition, followed by Alexander Pope 's 1723 version.
Quartos main 18 of the 36 plays in the First Folio were printed in separate and individual editions prior to 1623.
Six of these were classified " bad quartos " by Alfred W. Pollard and other scholars associated with the New Bibliography.
The Folio is no more a definitive text than the quartos; many of the plays in the folio omit lines that can be found in quarto versions, and include misprints and textual corruption.
Common combinations with quartos
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: