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Subject:Re: Electric vs. electrical From:Dave C <davec2468 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Tech Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 15 Jan 2014 08:16:26 -0800
I may be grossly grammatically ignorant, but the absence of the development of an “electronical” term in the english language encourages me (validly or not) toward the use of “electric” as opposed to “electrical".
Dave
On 15 Jan 2014, at 7:51 AM, David Farbey <dfarbey -at- yahoo -dot- co -dot- uk> wrote:
> It's relevant to note that original title of the IEEE was the "Institute of
> Electrical and Electronics Engineers" (see
>http://www.ieee.org/about/ieee_history.html), not "Electric" engineers.
>
> You could however, "head down to Electric Avenue", a street in the Brixton
> area of London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Avenue)
>
> David
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> On 15 January 2014 14:39, Gregory P Sweet <gps03 -at- health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us> wrote:
>
>> It has nothing to do with parallels. Electric does not carry the "concerned
>> with" definition of electrical and electronic.
>>
>> An electric repair would be a repair carried out by means of applying
>> electricity to the problem (think defibrilator), or a repair that was
>> particularly exciting to behold.
>>
>> An electrical repair is the repair of a device or system concerned with
>> electricity.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> -Greg
>>
>> techwr-l-bounces+gps03=health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com wrote on
>> 01/14/2014 10:57:36 PM:
>>
>>> From: Dave C <davec2468 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
>>> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com,
>>> Date: 01/15/2014 05:14 AM
>>> Subject: Electric vs. electrical
>>> Sent by: techwr-l-bounces+gps03=health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>>>
>>> A friend and I are having a polite disagreement about these 2 terms.
>>>
>>> The phrase I've written is "electric and electronic repair". He says
>>> that it should be "electrical and electronic repair".
>>>
>>> I say that the "ic" ending of the terms makes them parallel whereas
>>> the "al" on one destroys this parallelism.
>>>
>>> What do y'all say?
>>>
>>> If there's a better forum in which to ask such questions just say so...
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Dave
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