Hi,
I gree with Henry on that. There are some words that really
don't have antonyms. Service is one of them.
Carlos
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry D. Hollithron" <[email protected]
To: Michele Thredgold <[email protected]
Date sent: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:15:02 -0500
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Thesaurus Question
Good Day:
Some entries do, in fact, offer antonyms. To access
these,press control enter on a QWERTY keyboard, or space with
dots 2-6 on a braille keyboard. As for the specific question of
service, it does not appear to have antonyms for that word, and I
can't really think of any single words which would contradict the
meaning of service off the top of my head.
HTH:
Henry
Education never ends. It is a series of lessons, with the
greatest for the last.
Sherlock Homes
On Feb 16, 2012, at 2:54 AM, Michele Thredgold wrote:
Hi listers. Can someone clarify something for me? Isn't it
typical of a thesaurus to include antonyms as well as synonyms?
The thesaurus which is part of the Oxford Dictionary software
doesn't include antonyms and I find this frustrating. Today, I
couldn't think of the antonym for service, regarding offering
service to a customer. I really needed to locate it in the
thesaurus but, of course, there were no antonyms. What are
people's opinions as to the inclusion of this in the Oxford
Dictionary software and how viable is it? After all, isn't this
something which sighted dictionary and thesaurus users would be
able to access as a matter of course?
Thanks.
Michele
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