Sam Heywood wrote:
>>Yes, I know about this problem and I also know about the homonyms
"ordinance" and "ordnance". I had inadvertently used the incorrect word
when I composed my message originally. I mentioned the matter, only in
passing, so as to point out an instance when we cannot rely on
spell-checkers because they know nothing about context. "Ordnance" may
be used either as an adjective or a noun and may be either singular or
plural depending on context. Examples: "A claymore is an ordnance item".
"Claymores are ordnance items". "The shore batteries have been supplied
with sufficient ordnance."<<
I have neighbors, John and Ruby Claymore. Do you think that they would be
interested to know that they will be shot from a canon? Coincidently, the
Claymores were recently ordinance items as recent city council action
mandated that they remove what the Claymores regard as "spare parts
inventory" from their property. <VBG>
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona USA
