atw: Re: Round-table?
- From: "Rafael Manory" <rafi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:00:37 -0500
Sorry Deborah, it seems to me that there is no adjective here.
Round-table seems to be a descriptor for a method of discussion, hence it is
an adjective. I tried unsuccessfully to find it in my version of Oxford
dictionary (not Australian)...
Hope this helps.
Rafi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deborah Cross" <Deborah.Cross@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 5:38 PM
Subject: atw: Round-table?
Greetings All,
I'm struggling with the term: round-table.
Our style guide says we adhere to the Australian Oxford Dictionary. My
interpretation of the entry for round-table is that the noun is round
table, but the adjective is round-table. Can anyone confirm?
It just looks wrong to me. Can round table really be a noun anyway?
Isn't it always an adjective and people using it as a noun are just
trying to short cut the complete phrase round-table discussion?
Would be lovely if it was always just one word: roundtable. Then I
wouldn't have to worry!
Please be gentle, I come from the generation that had no grammatical
instruction whatsoever.
Deborah :o)
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