atw: Re: Round-table?
- From: "Write Ideas" <writeideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:43:51 +1100 (EST)
Hi Deborah (C)
From the Collins English Dictionary, Australian Edition:
round table n.
a. a meeting of parties or people on equal terms for discussion.
b. (as modifier) : a round-table conference.
Note the hyphenated modifier usage.
Gentle enough?
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Micky G.
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> 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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