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Tricentennial or tercentennial?
Our town recently celebrated its three hundredth year. The question arose whether we should call it our tricentennial or tercentennial celebration. What is the difference, if any, and where do these prefixes originate?
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"Grammar, which knows how to control even kings..." Moliere (1622-1673)
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"Grammar, which knows how to control even kings..." Moliere (1622-1673)
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[nq:1]Our town recently celebrated its three hundredth year. The question arose whether we should call it our tricentennial or tercentennial celebration. [/nq] The town will probably get better advice quicker from the local librarian than from the Internet.
- [nq:1]Our town recently celebrated its three hundredth year.
- The question arose whether we should call it our tricentennial or tercentennial celebration.
- [/nq] The town will probably get better advice quicker from the local librarian than from the Internet.
- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:1]Our town recently celebrated its three hundredth year. The question arose whether we should call it our tricentennial or tercentennial celebration. What is the difference, if any, and where do these prefixes originate?[/nq]
The town will probably get better advice quicker
from the local librarian than from the Internet.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada
The town will probably get better advice quicker
from the local librarian than from the Internet.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada
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[nq:2]Our town recently celebrated its three hundredth year. The question ... the difference, if any, and where do these prefixes originate?[/nq]
[nq:1]The town will probably get better advice quicker from the local librarian than from the Internet.[/nq]
Or you could check a bunch of dictionaries (look up "tercentenary" too).
www.onelook.com/
"My grandmère was pretty controlling to
[nq:1]The town will probably get better advice quicker from the local librarian than from the Internet.[/nq]
Or you could check a bunch of dictionaries (look up "tercentenary" too).
www.onelook.com/
"My grandmère was pretty controlling to
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[nq:1]Our town recently celebrated its three hundredth year. The question arose whether we should call it our tricentennial or tercentennial celebration. What is the difference, if any, and where do these prefixes originate?[/nq]
No difference, though I would guess that "ter-" is more commonly used than "tri-" in this context. Both prefixes are from Latin, where "ter-" means "three times"; "tr
No difference, though I would guess that "ter-" is more commonly used than "tri-" in this context. Both prefixes are from Latin, where "ter-" means "three times"; "tr
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