Talk:news
Latest comment: 2 years ago by Equinox in topic singular
news stream completely missing in this and all other dictionaries![edit]
Wiktionary has the chance to be the first dictionary to record one of the most important and common and descriptive words of our time! --Espoo (talk) 10:59, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
(uncountable)[edit]
How did this word, taking into account its etymology, came to be uncountable? --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:08, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
Error[edit]
My previous edit summary contains a typo: "merges" instead of "merged". Glades12 (talk) 17:47, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
singular[edit]
News ‘ tidings’ since the early 19c. has normally been treated as a singular.
It was only in the 19th century that the singular became the exclusively standard usage.
What meaning of singular are these authors using? --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:23, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
- The first one gives the example "News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read", i.e "news is" (singular), not "news are" (plural). However, I'd say it is uncountable: the chap wants to read some news, not a news. Equinox ◑ 20:03, 9 August 2021 (UTC)