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Amitlele Posted 17 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Using the "post" in a sentence as synonym to "after"

Is the sentence "We will inform you post weekend", linguistically correct?
  

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In certain contexts, it is fine, but with a hyphen, I'd say. We will inform you post-weekend.

— Anonymous

  • In certain contexts, it is fine, but with a hyphen, I'd say.
  • We will inform you post-weekend.
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In certain contexts, it is fine, but with a hyphen, I'd say.

We will inform you post-weekend.
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Hello Amit,

1. We will inform you post-weekend.

There can be no objection to this in terms of word-formation: the prefix "post-" modifies "weekend", with the meaning "after the weekend", and "post-weekend" itself acts as an adverb.

However, it has a casual, humorous, or neologistic air. Thus it might a) annoy your addressee b) be inappropriate in your context.

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Thanks a ton! You have put me in proper perspective.
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Thus I might use it in an email to a friend; but not e.g. in an official letter about the results of an autopsy.

It seems good enough for some of those who cover Forex:

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Japan is in a terrible situation post horrible tsunami.
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Hi,

It's not natural to say this.

Clive
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