Oct 16, 2006 09:36
17 yrs ago
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English term
nobel-prize winners
English
Social Sciences
Linguistics
is it a compound noun?
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Responses
| 5 +9 | Nobel Prize winners |
lindaellen (X)
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| 4 +3 | Nobel laureates |
Richard Benham
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| 4 +2 | Nobel prize winners - appositive noun |
liz askew
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Responses
+9
11 mins
Selected
Nobel Prize winners
Note the capitalization, no hyphen. See their website.
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Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tony M
10 mins
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| agree |
Armorel Young
: Absolutely - capital letters, no hypen, both essential
18 mins
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| agree |
Jonathan MacKerron
49 mins
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| agree |
Richard Benham
: Yes, although "Nobel laureates" has some currency and appeal.
1 hr
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| agree |
Jack Doughty
2 hrs
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| agree |
Alexander Demyanov
2 hrs
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| agree |
Alfa Trans (X)
3 hrs
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| agree |
Denyce Seow
4 hrs
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| agree |
Charlesp
7 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+2
11 mins
Nobel prize winners - appositive noun
See:
b5.9. When referring to someone who has won a prize or award, use a hyphen when the fact is used as a modifier (Nobel Prize-winning physicist Arno Penzias; Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer). Do not use a hyphen when used as an appositive noun (Nobel Prize winner Arlo Penzias; Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize winner). Note position of hyphen and upper case in phrase (Pulitzer Prize-winning, not Pulitzer-Prize winning or Pulitzer-prizewinning).
Note from asker:
| so it doesn't make a diference if I add a word "world's" World’s Nobel-prize winners |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Marie-Hélène Hayles
4 mins
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| agree |
Tony M
: Just a shame the capitalization in your headword answer doesn't follow the rules given in the body!
10 mins
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Yes! Apologies for rushing. Guilty!
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+3
1 hr
Richard Benham
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Nobel laureates
Probably to be preferred. Also stops you even having to think about hyphenation. "Nobel laureates of the world" is not really a tautology if there is some implicit contrast with say just the Nobel laureates of a specific country.
Peer comment(s):
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MMUlr
: I would prefer this term too ... and the Nobel website uses it! --> http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/all/
34 mins
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| agree |
NancyLynn
2 hrs
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| agree |
Ken Cox
: definitely if the context is at all formal
2 hrs
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Discussion
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