[Ads-l] access as a count noun - 1976

[Laurence Horn]

> On May 9, 2017, at 4:29 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> "Public access" is used as a noun to refer to locations where the public
> can legally get to a body of water, river, etc, for over 30 years. Multiple
> points are called "accesses", as seen here:
> 
> https://books.google.com/books?id=uGIRAAAAIAAJ&q=%22A+PUBLIC+ACCESS%22+river&dq=%22A+PUBLIC+ACCESS%22+river&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjy5q6m0uPTAhVh64MKHXooDXwQ6AEILzAD
> 
> DanG

As long as it’s not pronounced “access-eez”, as in “process-eez”.

LH 
> 
> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 4:20 PM, Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> In open defiance of Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/access <
>> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/access>) and the online Oxford
>> Dictionaries (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/access <
>> https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/access>,
>> https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/access <https://en.
>> oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/access>), today I saw a sign that
>> said:
>> 
>> This is not a Public access!!
>> 
>> It is possible that it’s a noun like “breakfast” that favorably takes an
>> article when there’s an adjective (I had breakfast already, I had a big
>> breakfast), but I doubt it.
>> 
>> 1. 1976 (Google-dated)
>> Public Access to the Great Lakes
>> Michael T. Neuman
>> http://bit.ly/2q3Hp8L <http://bit.ly/2q3Hp8L>
>> 
>> … this plan a Public Access to Water Resources Advisory Council,
>> consisting of …
>> 
>> 2. 2004 (Google-dated)
>> Canoeing The Driftless: A Paddlers Guide for Southeastern Minnesota
>> David J. Lind
>> http://bit.ly/2qOGdsY <http://bit.ly/2qOGdsY>
>> 
>> An optional put-in is a public access located by Black Bridge,…
>> 
>> Benjamin Barrett
>> Formerly of Seattle, WA
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org