[Ads-l] guest-conducted

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Tue Aug 25 11:59:21 UTC 2015


I saw "guest-conducted" in W[iki]pedia, where no one is trying to save on
words.

On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> Intended for all, not just Joel:
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> He has conducted as the guest of leading orchestras internationally.
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> Of course, if you have to save words at all costs, as in a newspaper or
> magazine, "guest-conducted" will have to do.
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> JL
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