Jeff... > If I were editing a publication, I would probably > make the stylistic choice of adopting the single-word version, "strewnfield."
I'm with you. "strewnfield" can mean only one thing, and if I ever came across "strewn field" in text I would wonder what (besides meteorites) was strewn on that particular field - cow patties, perhaps? FWIW, here's an example from my 35 years of watching the English language evolve in popular writing and publications. years ago Sky & Telescope, which maintains a long list of style conventions, referred to "a site on the World Wide Web" as a "Web site." then it became "Website" and finally "website". that's how many such terms evolve. and, yes, S&T uses "strewnfield". clear skies, Kelly **************** J. Kelly Beatty Senior Contributing Editor SKY & TELESCOPE 617-416-9991 SkyandTelescope.com eorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
