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Subject:Re: Electric vs. electrical From:Gregory P Sweet <gps03 -at- health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com, techwr-l-bounces+gps03=health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 15 Jan 2014 09:39:14 -0500
It has nothing to do with parallels. Electric does not carry the "concerned
with" definition of electrical and electronic.
An electric repair would be a repair carried out by means of applying
electricity to the problem (think defibrilator), or a repair that was
particularly exciting to behold.
An electrical repair is the repair of a device or system concerned with
electricity.
Cheers!
-Greg
techwr-l-bounces+gps03=health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com wrote on
01/14/2014 10:57:36 PM:
> From: Dave C <davec2468 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com,
> Date: 01/15/2014 05:14 AM
> Subject: Electric vs. electrical
> Sent by: techwr-l-bounces+gps03=health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>
> A friend and I are having a polite disagreement about these 2 terms.
>
> The phrase I've written is "electric and electronic repair". He says
> that it should be "electrical and electronic repair".
>
> I say that the "ic" ending of the terms makes them parallel whereas
> the "al" on one destroys this parallelism.
>
> What do y'all say?
>
> If there's a better forum in which to ask such questions just say so...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
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