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What's the rule for adding -er vs. -or when nouning a verb?
Assuming it would even be a word, how would I describe someone or something that "deletes": deleter or deletor?
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RegDwight, closer, shouldn't you link to the exact duplicate?– Josh M.Commented Mar 10, 2012 at 0:24
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2The link is just above your question.– Matt E. ЭлленCommented Mar 10, 2012 at 8:17
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1Deleter– TimmmmCommented Sep 5, 2018 at 14:23
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I have not found either word in a dictionary, nor am I familiar with them in everyday English.
You could use eraser.
a person or thing that erases.
Where erase means, among other things:
To remove (data) from computer storage.
But as FumbleFingers says, it makes more sense to name it after the whole function of the object. E.g. File eraser.
answered Mar 9, 2012 at 22:55
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3I don't think I'd even recommend OP to use eraser. It's so commonly used to mean either the plastic/rubber thingy you use to erase pencil marks on paper, or the cloth/felt pad for erasing chalk marks on a blackboard, that any other usage would probably look odd. I'd stick to using the appropriate descriptive phrase for the exact context. It's the erase head on magnetic tape recorders, for example. Commented Mar 9, 2012 at 23:01
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Actually, 'eraser' is particularly a US English and possibly Canadian English term, for what's called a 'rubber' in most other forms of English. Commented Oct 9, 2015 at 22:51
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Sure, but rub out is not an idiomatic way to say you are deleting something. I only works in contexts with a physical action, like on a white board, or a piece of paper. Commented Oct 10, 2015 at 8:40
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