Talk:List of English words containing Q not followed by U: Difference between revisions

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Checking whether a dictionary supports a particular word is sometimes tricky. For example, the ODE 2nd Ed gives ''qwerty'' as an adjective, so it does '''not''' support the words ''qwerties'' or ''qwertys'' - see the page for the way I've handled this (which may not be ideal). As stated on the page itself, the word must be naturalised (many dictionaries print unnaturalised words in italics, but check each individually) and occuring on its own, not as part of a phrase; for example, the ODE gives ''coq au vin'' but not ''coq'' per se, so we cannot say that the ODE supports the word ''coq''. For the sake of argument, we will assume that all [[mass noun]]s can be pluralised, unless your dictionary specifically states otherwise. [[User:Agentsoo|Soo]] 12:00, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

*:In my opinion, mass nouns, all pluralized. I know that can be awkward.. but OSWs handle this nicely by making sure they specify that words sometimes have alternative meanings. [[User:Bobo192|'''Bobo''']][[User_talk:Bobo192|'''192''']]<font color="cc0000">'''|'''</font>[http://kohl.wikimedia.org/~kate/cgi-bin/count_edits.cgi?user=Bobo192&dbname=enwiki '''Edits''']

==Qvintins==