Timeline for When is it appropriate to use "adjustor" instead of "adjuster"?
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| Jul 8, 2018 at 1:29 | answer | added | Anti Mechanistic | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 23, 2017 at 21:54 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Oct 23, 2017 at 21:18 | answer | added | user263390 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 21, 2017 at 18:50 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | @Andy You mean Noah Webstor? | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 23:19 | comment | added | Mike C | I'd say that it depends on your audience - British English readers or US English readers. The "or" suffix is far more likely to be used in the US. In the US (as noted in the previous comments) the "or" suffix is most often attached to human actors rather then mechanical actors. | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 19:36 | history | edited | TheIronCheek | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 8, 2017 at 19:34 | comment | added | TheIronCheek | You make a good point... I'll edit the question. To rephrase, my question is more like, "When is each use appropriate?" | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 19:21 | comment | added | TheIronCheek | @sumelic - Especially since it seems to depend quite a bit on the specific word. | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 19:10 | comment | added | TheIronCheek | @sumelic - Those posts are definitely helpful but the answers range and vary quite a bit. Some suggest professional titles should be -or, some suggest that the suffix depends on how the root word ends, some say both are right so don't worry about it. I'm having trouble finding anything that concretely answers my question. | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 18:58 | comment | added | Jim | @sumelic - yeah, don’t how prevalent it really is now. practicalmachinist.com/vb/… | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 18:50 | comment | added | herisson | Relevant posts: english.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/… | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 18:49 | history | edited | herisson |
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| Mar 8, 2017 at 18:49 | comment | added | herisson | @Jim: People write "weldor"? EDIT: oh, I just saw your comment here: "that is a usage that is being pushed by the American Welding Society" | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 17:27 | comment | added | Jim | That’s why I said, “in some disciplines”. | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 17:26 | comment | added | TheIronCheek | @Jim - I've read that before but is that the case here? Is anyone who refers to themselves as an "insurance adjuster" using the word incorrectly? | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 17:19 | comment | added | AndyT | @Jim - Yes, it's well known that employers aren't real people ;) | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 17:18 | comment | added | AndyT | Probably Noah Webster's fault. | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 17:18 | comment | added | Jim | In some disciplines. -or is used for people and -er for things. I.e. a welder is the welding machine. A weldor is the person who uses the machine. | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 17:07 | history | asked | TheIronCheek | CC BY-SA 3.0 |