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Rovi297 Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

Is omitable or omittable an acceptable word?

Well, in other words, can we say "omitable" or "omittable"?
  

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Not sure. Those sound awful. I googled both.

— BW2/3

  • Not sure.
  • Those sound awful.
  • I googled both.
  • The words showed up are very low.
  • Therefore, I think it is not acceptable.
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Not sure. Those sound awful. I googled both. The words showed up are very low. Therefore, I think it is not acceptable.
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Try the word omissible instead.
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Thank you very much for your reply. Really appreciate it. Yeah, I see, omissible is the one. Having said that, how come OALD 7th edition didn't include it?
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The Compact Oxford English Dictionary (online) includes 'omissible' in the entry for the verb 'omit':
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/omit?view=uk
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Just check in google and you will see which of them has more hits ...And the winner is omittable ...
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The number of Google hits a word has is not always a reliable guide to correctness.

A more authoritative source is the Chicago Manual of Style, which uses "omittable" in its discussion about commas and appositives (CMS 6.43).

—faceless editorial drone in California
*** bless America
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I agree with Yankee and I would rather rely on Oxford Dictionary than on google searching. Emotion: smile
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If that's true, then it would appear that dictionaries have not yet "caught up with" the Chicago Manual of Style:
http://www.onelook.com/?w=omittable&ls=a

http://www.onelook.com/?w=omissible&ls=a
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