Randyl Kent Plampin Posted June 27, 2013 at 10:10 PM Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 at 10:10 PM Greetings: Speaking of "ex-officio." Can we get a spelling change next time around? I realize that probably most people do not care one way or the other but the dictionary actually says that "ex officio" is the correct spelling. This problem was introduced in the 1970 edition and has persisted ever since. Currently in the 11th edition there are 20 occurrences of "ex-officio" and 3 cases of "Ex-Officio." In two weird instances both correct and incorrect spellings occur in the same sentence! (p. 484 l. 3-4 and p. 497 l. 23-26) Let me make it easier for everyone: pp. xviii, 448, 457, 483, 484, 497, 579, 587, 675, 680, 687, 691, 701, and 703. Best regards,Randyl Kent Plampin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted June 27, 2013 at 10:34 PM Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 at 10:34 PM It depends on the usage. When used as an adjective, there's a hyphen (e.g. an ex-officio member of the committee). When used as an adverbial phrase, no hyphen (e.g. Jim serves, ex officio, as a member of the committee). [Which I explained in a recent post that was apparently deleted by The Wrathful One.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted June 27, 2013 at 10:37 PM Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 at 10:37 PM Ah, I see that your quibble is not with the hyphen but with the capitalization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted June 27, 2013 at 10:44 PM Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 at 10:44 PM Ah, I see that your quibble is not with the hyphen but with the capitalization. You do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted June 27, 2013 at 10:56 PM Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 at 10:56 PM Ah, I see that your quibble is not with the hyphen but with the capitalization. I think his quibble is with both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted June 27, 2013 at 11:03 PM Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 at 11:03 PM Edgar in post #2, and RONR, have it right. Is there a problem somewhere in RONR with the capitalization? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyl Kent Plampin Posted June 27, 2013 at 11:30 PM Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 at 11:30 PM Greetings: No, silly! Just the hyphen. It depends on the usage.When used as an adjective, there's a hyphen (e.g. an ex-officio member of the committee).When used as an adverbial phrase, no hyphen (e.g. Jim serves, ex officio, as a member of the committee).[Which I explained in a recent post that was apparently deleted by The Wrathful One.]However, if there is a grammatical reason for hyphenated as versus non-hyphenated "ex officio" then I will leave that up to the experts in that field.As to any "Wrathful One" you are pretty much on your own. I have had some of my stuff deleted and it took with it a comment by another one of the book's authors, so I need to watch my p's and q's and stay out of trouble myself.Best regards,Randyl Kent Plampin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted June 27, 2013 at 11:37 PM Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 at 11:37 PM However, if there is a grammatical reason for hyphenated as versus non-hyphenated "ex officio" then I will leave that up to the experts in that field. Well, then, why didn't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyl Kent Plampin Posted June 27, 2013 at 11:55 PM Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 at 11:55 PM Well, then, why didn't you? Greetings: I did not see the gentleman's posting on this subject which would have provided some guidance. It was deleted, right? Not being a grammarian and being in doubt, I made my posting and the gentlemen have set me straight. What else could I ask for? Best regards,Randyl Kent Plampin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted June 28, 2013 at 10:55 PM Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 at 10:55 PM No, silly! Just the hyphen. As long as we can agree that, by "silly", you're referring to yourself, I think we can all move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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