stormwater - one word, or two?
stormwater - one word, or two?
(OP)
Okay ladies and gentleman,
I'm engaged in deep argument here...
Is stormwater one word (stormwater) or two words (storm water)?
I'm engaged in deep argument here...
Is stormwater one word (stormwater) or two words (storm water)?





RE: stormwater - one word, or two?
RE: stormwater - one word, or two?
raw water
potable water
distilled water
storm water
sea water
dirty water
they are all two words. Never the less, I have often written as just one word.
RE: stormwater - one word, or two?
RE: stormwater - one word, or two?
I think the real answer here is that they're probably both correct...I still like it as one word, though.
RE: stormwater - one word, or two?
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers, for hokie66's dislike of acronyms) uses stormwater and wastewater as one word.
ASTM (American Society of Testing and Materials) uses wastewater as one word.
RE: stormwater - one word, or two?
red (descriptive) dog (noun) = two words
That said, I always type it out as one word and I see it most often used as one word.
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I HATE TO GET INTO SEMANTICS HERE - BUT EVEN THOUGH I DO BELIEVE THAT IT CAN BE WRITTEN EITHER WAY, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE ANALOGY DRAWN ABOVE IS ACCURATE:
WHILE RED TRULY IS A DESCRIPTIVE (I.E. A DOG CAN BE DESCRIBED AS BEING RED), STORM IS NOT. WATER CANNOT BE DESCRIBED AS BEING A STORM. IT CAN BE CAUSED BY A STORM IN WHICH CASE I IMAGINE STORM WOULD STILL BE A NOUN.
SORRY, NOT TRYING TO ARGUE OR ANYTHING. I JUST THINK THAT LOGIC IS FLAWED.
RE: stormwater - one word, or two?
I hate to disagree, but storm is a descriptor of the type of water, just as much as cold, hot, raw or potable, pond or sea are all descriptors of different types of water, none of them are one word.
RE: stormwater - one word, or two?
RE: stormwater - one word, or two?
My point, if we all start, or continue, using stormwater (one word), eventually it will become universally accepted and added to Webster, and this whole thread will become moot. Until then, with the lack of an engineering dictionary equivalent to a medical dictionary, the Civil Engineering Reference Manual for the PE Exam uses one word "stormwater".
And, glenncrowley, why are you yelling?
RE: stormwater - one word, or two?
RE: stormwater - one word, or two?
sea water
waste water
storm water
At least half the results employ the compound word, and it's over 90% for "storm water".
Peter Smart
HydroCAD Software
www.hydrocad.net
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Wasn't yelling. Had just switched over from CAD to the message box and didn't even realize it was CAPS until afterward.
RE: stormwater - one word, or two?
But if you're any other type of engineer or professional, you are not going to see it my way. Technically, I believe that these are all two words to the rest of the world. Even Microsoft Word "red lined" stormwater in my documents until I added it to the dictionary. I guess it is like the other poster said: This will all be moot as soon as it catches on and gets added to Webster's.
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Having made all sorts of other begrudging concessions in my life to regulatory bodies, this one seems pretty minor.
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RE: stormwater - one word, or two?
RE: stormwater - one word, or two?
RE: stormwater - one word, or two?
RE: stormwater - one word, or two?