Hello. Is it a challenge or a way to show that I have better to avoid translating for the moment. If it is a test I will try.

There is unfortunately one problem, when pepole change the order of the#, then you the translations have to be sorted out.

Regards

Youssefsan

Perhaps translations can be inline in the same way as the synonyms are? Maybe we could use curly brackets {} or even parenthesis ()? --mav

Good ideas -- youssefsan

Hi. I have a question on category of speech. Istrade intrade union an adjective or a noun ? If the answer isadjective isspace inspace station an adjective or noun ?

Well, it was just to suggest a new category in the template  : I am for putting all compound words in a seperate section after verbs (ex: trade union) like my paper English dictionary.

-- Youssef

It's like the "book" in "bookstore", just part of the compound noun. --Brion VIBBER 07:59 Dec 14, 2002 (UTC)

Grammatically,trade intrade union (likespace inspace station) is an "attributive" -- that is, it is a noun being used attributively as an adjective.

In English, virtually any noun can be used in this way. For example,book -- inbook lover,book store etc.;city incity streets,city park,city payroll, etc.;translation intranslation workshop, etc.;girl ingirl talk,girl trouble etc. Calling it a compound noun is not incorrect, but that term does not really cover the full range of possibilities; better to use the grammatical termattributive noun.

Finally, since virtually all English nouns can be used attributively, there is usually no need to create separate sections for the "adjectival" use of each noun. However, if a particular two-noun phrase (such astrade union) is frequently used, it may deserve an entry of its own, with links from each component noun. --Potosino05:48, 9 November 2010 (UTC)Reply

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I'm looking for the etymology behindtrade, andthis page seems quite helpful, except all the abbreviations. What areM.Du.,M.L.G. andO.E. supposed to mean? --Jackofclubs14:24, 14 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Middle Dutch,Middle Low German,Old English, respectively. The templates{{MD.}},{{MLG.}}, and{{OE.}} or{{etyl|ang|en}} (only for the last) are how we would show those origins. Rather than risk inadvertently violating the copyright of the wonderful site you consulted, you might insert{{etystub}} or{{rfe}} to request an etymology. The formatting and templates also make it tricky to do an etymology that doesn't have to be edited.DCDuringTALK14:54, 14 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

I inserted what I could find from multiple sources. The OEtyD etymology is worth an external link in this case, IMO.DCDuringTALK15:14, 14 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

So shouldn't this info be in the entry? --Slomox00:45, 30 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

What does "read the trades" mean? Is a trade a kind of newspaper?Equinox◑21:21, 27 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

• Yes - short fortrade paper.SemperBlotto21:24, 27 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

  I have never heard it in the singular in that sense.DCDuringTALK22:34, 27 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

work in commerce as opposed to a professiongraduates going into tradeMicrosoft® Encarta® 2009

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