Talk:clock radio
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Chuck Entz in topic clock/radio
Page 759 of the Collins English Usage reads
A slash, stroke, or oblique is used between two words describing something that is in fact two things, as in a washer/drier, a clock/radio or a lounge/diner.
--Backinstadiums (talk) 08:35, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
- Yet again, Collins is wrong. You need to get a better dictionary. SemperBlotto (talk) 08:41, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
- @SemperBlotto: Guess Ngrams is is wrong again too --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:34, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
- Could be. I can't find a single usage of the term with a slash. Perhaps you could point me at one. SemperBlotto (talk) 10:22, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
- @SemperBlotto: [https://arxiv.org/pdf/2004.14963.pdf All rooms have color TV, alarm
- Could be. I can't find a single usage of the term with a slash. Perhaps you could point me at one. SemperBlotto (talk) 10:22, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
- @SemperBlotto: Guess Ngrams is is wrong again too --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:34, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
clock/radio, en-suite bathrooms] , the child whom the alarm clock/radio wakes up, cord pulls are fitted to the lounge/diner and bedroom windows, in one combination washer/dryer unit --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:51, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
- Well done. Looks pretty rare though. SemperBlotto (talk) 10:56, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
- That's [alarm clock]/[radio], not [alarm] [clock/radio] Chuck Entz (talk) 16:01, 4 September 2020 (UTC)