[austechwriter] Re: Offerees inviting offers from offer(whats)?

Hi Christine,

When you use an abstract noun, such as 'organisation', as 
though it stands for a person, ie, to take a position as a subject 
or object of a verb, you are reifying. 'Organisation' is a concept 
- it is not a person, and so can neither make nor receive offers. 
Better to identify the officer or the title of the official position, 
eg, 'tender processor'.

Usually a word ending in '-er' is considered the actor, while a 
word ending in '-or' or '-ee' is considered passive, ie, acted 
upon. I used the word 'usually' because 'processor' [as above] 
is active yet ends in '-or'.

My copy of the Macquarie dictionary only recognises 'offerer'.

Regards,
Brian.
But see below ...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "KENT Christine" <CKENT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 4:10 PM
Subject: [austechwriter] Offerees inviting offers from offer(whats)? 


> 
> A ticklish one for the purists.  Can any of you help with the legally corre=
> ct term here
> 
> An organisation is inviting offers
> 
> That organisation is the offeree (oh yes it is!)
Have you a reference for the existence of this word?

> The people who respond to the invititaiton are the offerors or offerers
Interesting word? 

> Anyone know?
> 
> Christine
> 
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