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Thedynamix Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Analog Vs Analogue?
Anyone know the difference here?
Word 07 tells me Analog is not a word, but I'm pretty sure it is...
Word 07 tells me Analog is not a word, but I'm pretty sure it is...
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AmE spelling / BrE spelling-- as with catalog/catalogue and dialog/dialogue.
- AmE spelling / BrE spelling-- as with catalog/catalogue and dialog/dialogue.
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AmE spelling / BrE spelling-- as with catalog/catalogue and dialog/dialogue.
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Did you think about it at all before asking? American English and British English.
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Okay, so "analogue" is the English spelling. Gotcha.
While you're in my thread, to save me making a new one, what is your view, or the rule, on adding an apostrophe to refer to a decade, such as "the 1960's", because I have seen it as "the 1960s" in many white papers etc.
Thanks and sorry for the bother.
While you're in my thread, to save me making a new one, what is your view, or the rule, on adding an apostrophe to refer to a decade, such as "the 1960's", because I have seen it as "the 1960s" in many white papers etc.
Thanks and sorry for the bother.
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It is one of those debatable points.
In my view, it has to depend on whether the reference is to the years of the decade as a whole (the 1990s), or whether there is some reason for a possessive ("1990's look was ...."// "The 1990s' recording labels...).
I am sure others have different thoughts.
In my view, it has to depend on whether the reference is to the years of the decade as a whole (the 1990s), or whether there is some reason for a possessive ("1990's look was ...."// "The 1990s' recording labels...).
I am sure others have different thoughts.
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I see little use for the apostrophe here. We do not normally use the Anglo-saxon genitive for inanimate objects, but use instead the noun as adjective:
A table leg
A 1960s recording label
In any case, in a non-possessive situation, the apostrophe should be reserved only for the few situations in which confusion reigns without it: Mind your ps and qs.
A table leg
A 1960s recording label
In any case, in a non-possessive situation, the apostrophe should be reserved only for the few situations in which confusion reigns without it: Mind your ps and qs.
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I'm guessing you use word which works on British English, in this case, analog is incorrect.
The reason you know analog is because that in American English the ue is subtracted. same goes for the word dialog, which can also be spelt as dialogue, which is basically the more correct way to spell that word. Both are correct. :]
The reason you know analog is because that in American English the ue is subtracted. same goes for the word dialog, which can also be spelt as dialogue, which is basically the more correct way to spell that word. Both are correct. :]
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Analog is an adjective: of or pertaining to a mechanism that represents data by measurement of a continuous physical variable.
Think of information displayed as waves or parabolas. It's the opposite of digital - which would look like a set of stairs.
Anologue is a noun: Something that bears an analogy to something else: Surimi is marketed as an analogue of crabmeat.
Think of information displayed as waves or parabolas. It's the opposite of digital - which would look like a set of stairs.
Anologue is a noun: Something that bears an analogy to something else: Surimi is marketed as an analogue of crabmeat.
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AnonymousAnalog is an adjective: of or pertaining to a mechanism that represents data by measurement of a continuous physical variable.
Think of information displayed as waves or parabolas. It's the opposite of digital - which would look like a set of stairs.
Anologue is a noun: Something that bears an analogy to something else: Surimi is marketed as
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Analogue is a variant spelling of analog or visa versa. Not sure which is the more common/formal spelling it originates from 19th century French and the Greek word, analogon. The neuter of analogos. So maybe analog is more true to origin, but I'm not an expert. Source: Oxford American Dictionary.
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