Timeline for Is "re-enqueue" or "reenqueue" a proper word?
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| Aug 13, 2014 at 22:20 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Dec 11, 2012 at 4:59 | answer | added | Kris | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 11, 2012 at 4:47 | comment | added | Kris | You must have noticed the qualified statement: "if enqueue had already been defined..." in which case, the editors are not justified -- red-lining can also be a helpful alert, not necessarily a pointer to error. I am converting my comment into an answer so this comment is temporary. | |
| Dec 10, 2012 at 21:54 | history | edited | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 10, 2012 at 13:45 | comment | added | anonymous | @Kris - While it is a techincal document it is also a thesis proposal that is expected to adhear to APA guidelines and a couple people have redlined the word. | |
| Dec 10, 2012 at 5:17 | comment | added | Kris | For a useful answer, you should be asking this on a tech Q&A, not a pure-play language Q&A which ELU is. | |
| Dec 10, 2012 at 5:08 | comment | added | Kris | Is this a proper word? Yes, it is the proper "word" if enqueue had already been defined in the document with a specific meaning of an activity/task. Say, the glossary lists enqueue . "The algorithm will enqueue the id associated with the job ... However, the algorithm could re-enqueue the id associated with the job ..." Do not forget the hyphen ever, in this particular kind of usage, though. It is possible to use the re- un- non- de- / dis- prefixes to any known word or neologism, except where the required meaning already has a word. | |
| Dec 10, 2012 at 3:07 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Dec 10, 2012 at 2:49 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | You're not the first people to have used the term, as that link shows. So just go ahead without worrying about being called "illiterate". Without wishing to be rude, I don't see what you expect ELU to tell you here, and I'm voting to close as Not Constructive. | |
| Dec 10, 2012 at 2:48 | answer | added | tchrist♦ | timeline score: 8 | |
| Dec 10, 2012 at 2:42 | history | asked | anonymous | CC BY-SA 3.0 |