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Is There Any Grammatical Mistake in Dr. Ranganatha's Five Law of Library Science

Many Lecturer says that there are grammatical mistake in the 2nd & 3rd Law of Library Science..

Every Reader his/her Book

Every Book It's Reader

The above statement doesn't make any sense. Please guide me, Is this really so and How Dr. Ranganathan can do such mistake

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Permalink Reply by Siddu on March 31, 2013 at 16:30

Dear Atul

If you or your lecturers feel there is a grammatical mistake in the above laws enunciated by Dr. SRR then what according to you or your lecturers should be the right version?

If we know that then we will be able to debate freely on the issue.

I feel the laws stated above are right.  Superfluous words have been eliminated and law of parsimony,I guess, has been applied.

Permalink Reply by Atul R. Sidurkar on March 31, 2013 at 18:07

Thanku so much for your Reply...

Lecturer says that

3rd & 4th law should be

Every Reader has his /her Book

Every book has its Reader.

I toldthem that it is law and law should be free of grammar and unwanted word

Permalink Reply by Jignesh C. Parmar on March 31, 2013 at 17:15

Dear sir,

Dr. Rangnathan is considered to be the father of library science, documentation, and information science in India. So we should understand that father can't make mistakes, instead children sometimes misinterpret the father.

One can say there are grammatical mistakes, If you write these laws without commas,

          2nd law:-   "Every reader his [or her] book."

          3rd law:-    "Every book its reader."

You may find it perfectly fine if they are written with commas;

          2nd law:-  "Every reader ,  his [or her] book."

          3rd law:-   "Every book ,  its reader."

There is no need to use any prepositions or verbs in this laws for grammatical corrections. It is worth to understand the meaning of these laws instead of criticizing Dr. Rangnathan.

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