22. The method of claim 19 , wherein said adaptation grammar is composed of a linearly connected series of grammar sections, comprising a prefix section, a target section and a suffix section, of which: said prefix section comprises a linearly connected series of zero or more grammar pathways, each said pathway labeled with a sequence of zero or more grammar labels, said linearly connected series of labeled pathways as a whole defining a linear sequence of zero or more grammar labels corresponding to a portion of the nominal primary transcription starting with and including a first nominal transcribed word therein and proceeding up to but not including a first nominal transcribed word of said target span, in order; said target section comprises a structure and content appropriate to said putative type of proper name entity; and said suffix section comprises a linearly connected series of zero or more grammar pathways, each said pathway labeled with a sequence of zero or more grammar labels, said linearly connected series of labeled pathways as a whole defining a linear sequence of zero or more grammar labels corresponding to a portion of the nominal primary transcription starting after and not including a last nominal transcribed word of said target span and ending with and including a last nominal transcribed word therein, in order.
22. The method of claim 19 , wherein said adaptation grammar is composed of a linearly connected series of grammar sections, comprising a prefix section, a target section and a suffix section, of which: said prefix section comprises a linearly connected series of zero or more grammar pathways, each said pathway labeled with a sequence of zero or more grammar labels, said linearly connected series of labeled pathways as a whole defining a linear sequence of zero or more grammar labels corresponding to a portion of the nominal primary transcription starting with and including a first nominal transcribed word therein and proceeding up to but not including a first nominal transcribed word of said target span, in order; said target section comprises a structure and content appropriate to said putative type of proper name entity; and said suffix section comprises a linearly connected series of zero or more grammar pathways, each said pathway labeled with a sequence of zero or more grammar labels, said linearly connected series of labeled pathways as a whole defining a linear sequence of zero or more grammar labels corresponding to a portion of the nominal primary transcription starting after and not including a last nominal transcribed word of said target span and ending with and including a last nominal transcribed word therein, in order. 26. The method of claim 22 , wherein said linearly connected series of grammar sections comprises said adaptation grammar supplemented by a left shim between the prefix section and the target section, a right shim between the target section and the suffix section, or both; said left shim, right shim or both for a secondary recognizer decoding alternate words, word sequences or phoneme sequences as may be allowed by said left shim, right shim or both; and placing said optional decodings sequentially between the secondary decoding of the prefix section and the target section, in the case of a left shim, or sequentially between the secondary decoding of the target section and the suffix section, to correct a span-too-large error and to obtain one or more secondary recognizer outputs comprising a best possible match of the adaptation grammar to the utterance.