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Guest Posted 22 years ago
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Requester or Requestor
I'm having a problem with the word requester. Or is it requestor? I've looked at several online dictionaries and can't find a distinction between the two words.
I'm using the word in a web page information request form. Is the person submitting the request the requester or the requestor?
Thank you.
I'm using the word in a web page information request form. Is the person submitting the request the requester or the requestor?
Thank you.
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Guest, I hope your register and become a frequent visitor here. I tried a couple dictionaries and couldn't find "requestor". However, Merriam-Websters shows both as having the same meaning.
- Guest, I hope your register and become a frequent visitor here.
- I tried a couple dictionaries and couldn't find "requestor".
- However, Merriam-Websters shows both as having the same meaning.
- In other words, they are interchangeable.
- [/url] If it were me, I would use "requester" because it is is the dictionaries that I tried and it scores more hits by Google.
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Guest,
I hope your register and become a frequent visitor here.
I tried a couple dictionaries and couldn't find "requestor".
However, Merriam-Websters shows both as having the same meaning. In other words, they are interchangeable.
You can find the [url="http://www.m-w.com/"]Merriam-Webster di
I hope your register and become a frequent visitor here.
I tried a couple dictionaries and couldn't find "requestor".
However, Merriam-Websters shows both as having the same meaning. In other words, they are interchangeable.
You can find the [url="http://www.m-w.com/"]Merriam-Webster di
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The two words mean tha same thing. Requestor is the older form, derived from the Latin ending -or, which is translated "one who". Hence, a requestor is one who requests. Requester is the English form, following the modern custom of ending such words with -er. Either form is correct.
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All along, I have learned to spell "requestor" with "or" and to me "er" is not the correct spelling. There are many words
like that can throw us for a loop in English.
Consider "Translate". It ends with "te" but a person who does the translating is a "translator". Notice that "e" becomes"an "O".
like that can throw us for a loop in English.
Consider "Translate". It ends with "te" but a person who does the translating is a "translator". Notice that "e" becomes"an "O".
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I interpret the "or" ending to generally imply a formal, traditional, official, occupational, or professional role, whereas the "er" ending implies a more transient, occasional, or trivial use. But I also believe that the vast majority inevitably rules when it comes to language. I believe "requestor" and "requester" are currently used in about equal numbers. So you decide. Vote with your keyb
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I agree that "requester" is the common version.
I use "requestor" when I am making an explicit or implicit juxtaposition to "requestee."
The "requestor" is one who requests, and the "requestee" is one of whom something is requested
This is a manner of writing that anyone who went to law school would be very comfortable with. Having gone to law school, it is hard for me to gage the
I use "requestor" when I am making an explicit or implicit juxtaposition to "requestee."
The "requestor" is one who requests, and the "requestee" is one of whom something is requested
This is a manner of writing that anyone who went to law school would be very comfortable with. Having gone to law school, it is hard for me to gage the
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Oxford-English dictionary only has an entry for "requester"
http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50203592?
http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50203592?
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