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Paultx Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Advertising question: alltype, all-type, or all type?

In advertising there are advertisements entirely made of text (or type), that is, without any illustration (like photos or drawings).

I searched via Google and also at Merriam-Webster.com and Dictionary.com. Google returned three forms: alltype, all-type, and all type. But none of these appear as results on the dictionaries with the meaning above.

Do you know which is the right form?
  

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As no dictionary has yet recognised any of those forms, we must conclude that there is no right form . Rover

  • As no dictionary has yet recognised any of those forms, we must conclude that there is no right form .
  • Rover
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As no dictionary has yet recognised any of those forms, we must conclude that there is no right form.

Rover
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Funny is that "alltype" or "all-type" or "all type" with that meaning has been around since, I think, the 60's or the 70's. But I'm not sure.

Are there any admen or "mad men" around to solve that?

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