"jobs creation"
Arnold Zwicky
zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Mon Jul 16 14:24:58 UTC 2012
On Jul 16, 2012, at 5:44 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> A Romney spokesman says in CNN that in three-and-a half years in office,
> the Presdient "hasn't even moved the needle" on "jobs creation."
>
> In my day, that would have been "*job* creation."
commentary here:
http://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/data-points-plurals-in-compounds-71612/
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