"A handbook of select essays" shouldn't it be selected?
Our educational institute has provided us with a book whose title is "A Handbook of Select Essays" and in that book essays of so many types are given. I think instead of "Select" it should be "Selected". Can someone please confirm which one is right?
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Hall I think instead of "Select" it should be "Selected". I agree. They may be extraordinary, but that is not what the title is supposed to mean.
- Hall I think instead of "Select" it should be "Selected".
- I agree.
- They may be extraordinary, but that is not what the title is supposed to mean.
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Hall I think instead of "Select" it should be "Selected".
I agree. They may be extraordinary, but that is not what the title is supposed to mean.
0One definition of 'select' is
of special value or excellence; superior.
So there's nothing wrong with 'select' even though the essays were obviously also selected for inclusion in the handbook.
It seems to me that it's a handbook of selected select essays, but who wants to put that awkward phrase in the title?
CJ
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