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Jackson6612 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Chiefly Brit, chielfly dial, Brit, dial Brit, and so on.
Numerous times my electronic M-W Collegiate Dictionary uses markers such as:
chiefly Brit, chielfly dial, Brit, dial Brit, and so on.
I have always taken them to indicate:
'chiefly Brit' is a highly refined form of BrE used by, say, pedantics.
'chiefly dial', the only thing I know about this marker is it's chiefly. But dialect of which variety of English, American, British, Australian and the like, M-W is marking out. Please help me with this.
'Brit' the sense of the word which is mostly used, dominant in BrE.
'dial Brit' used in some dialect of BrE, e.g. Scottish dialect.
Do those markers also mean the same, suggest something similar to you? Please let me know. Thank you.
chiefly Brit, chielfly dial, Brit, dial Brit, and so on.
I have always taken them to indicate:
'chiefly Brit' is a highly refined form of BrE used by, say, pedantics.
'chiefly dial', the only thing I know about this marker is it's chiefly. But dialect of which variety of English, American, British, Australian and the like, M-W is marking out. Please help me with this.
'Brit' the sense of the word which is mostly used, dominant in BrE.
'dial Brit' used in some dialect of BrE, e.g. Scottish dialect.
Do those markers also mean the same, suggest something similar to you? Please let me know. Thank you.
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HI Jackson, it's been a while! You find the answers in the Appendix to your dictionary, (usually titled "Explanatory Notes" under the section "Usage Labels". g.
- HI Jackson, it's been a while!
- You find the answers in the Appendix to your dictionary, (usually titled "Explanatory Notes" under the section "Usage Labels".
- g.
- g.
- offensive, vulgar) The regional labels indicate where the word is used, if it has a distinct geographical usage pattern.
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HI Jackson, it's been a while!
You find the answers in the Appendix to your dictionary, (usually titled "Explanatory Notes" under the section "Usage Labels".
There are 3 labels - temporal (e.g. obsolete, archaic), regional (what you are asking about), and stylistic (e.g. offensive, vulgar)
The regional labels indicate where the word is used, if it has a distinct geogr
You find the answers in the Appendix to your dictionary, (usually titled "Explanatory Notes" under the section "Usage Labels".
There are 3 labels - temporal (e.g. obsolete, archaic), regional (what you are asking about), and stylistic (e.g. offensive, vulgar)
The regional labels indicate where the word is used, if it has a distinct geogr
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Hi Alphecca
It has been years! It seems we both were absent from the Forum for quite some time. I became active on the Forum just, I think, two months ago. Welcome back to both of us!
I have an electronic version made by Franklin Publishers. It doesn't contain any explanatory notes and I didn't know if they had them on the website. Thanks for the link.
It has been years! It seems we both were absent from the Forum for quite some time. I became active on the Forum just, I think, two months ago. Welcome back to both of us!
I have an electronic version made by Franklin Publishers. It doesn't contain any explanatory notes and I didn't know if they had them on the website. Thanks for the link.
AlpheccaS
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Hi Jack: Welcome back! I hope you are well.
I took a little sabbatical myself, and it's good to be back in touch.
It means that the usage pattern is complex.
For example, the word or a sense might be used in certain ethnic communities which are present in many different countries areas.
It does not mean that other English speakers don't understand it, they just don't use it
I took a little sabbatical myself, and it's good to be back in touch.
It means that the usage pattern is complex.
For example, the word or a sense might be used in certain ethnic communities which are present in many different countries areas.
It does not mean that other English speakers don't understand it, they just don't use it
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Thanks a lot for all the comments.
AlpheccaStarsI took a little sabbatical myselfThe sentence would have been perfectly okay without 'myself'. I believe it's more of an intensive here, or just adds the notion that it was completely your own decision.
AlpheccaStarsFor example, the word or a sense might be used in certain ethnic co
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It was a typo - I meant countries and regions... When it's late my typing deteriorates. 
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