Timeline for Correct adjective from “transcriptome” and other similar biological terms
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| Oct 15, 2023 at 17:08 | comment | added | David | This "vast majority" thing is a bit of a last resort. You have to recognize that 1. non-native English speakers are responsible for much of the published work in this area, 2. that in many British and US universities there may be more "foreign" authors than native authors, but the research director (generally last author) will have written the paper, 3. that the attributive use of noun is something of a modern fad, and non-native speakers may have been taught more traditional English. In any case your assertion that there is no adjective is untenable. | |
| Oct 12, 2023 at 20:50 | comment | added | David | No. And I don't accept that this is generally true. As you insist on ignoring the analysis I have done on the similar but more established terms (genome, proteome, metabolome), which surely demonstrate the linguistic trend, I'll do an analysis of research papers (which are more relevant and numerous than book ngrams or Google searches and flag you when it is complete. In the meantime you might look at the Conclusion of this paper by native speakers (Julian Dow wrote it, not me) which has examples of transcriptomic (and genomic). | |
| Oct 12, 2023 at 17:06 | comment | added | Greybeard | @David :) Did you note that the vast majority of instances of "transcriptomic" were from non-native authors? | |
| Oct 11, 2023 at 21:56 | comment | added | David | Having done the analysis for this question (see my revised answer) I can state categorically that your answer is incorrect. There is an adjective, even though not all authors choose to use it. The "ic" form is equally as common as the attributive noun for transcriptome, and this pattern is similar to that for other "omes". I therefore feel obliged to downvote your answer, despite my previous statement to the contrary. | |
| Oct 8, 2023 at 16:36 | history | edited | Greybeard | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 8, 2023 at 9:38 | history | answered | Greybeard | CC BY-SA 4.0 |