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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Payclass #189090 02/03/2010 2:15 PM Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1 Zapped stranger Zapped stranger Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 1 Hello all! I'm hoping someone can help me with the word Payclass and it's plural. In writing up new HR memo I want to write "All administrative posts in Payclass 1-4 are..." and my colleague wants to write "All administrative posts in Payclasses 1-4 are.." (I looked around on line, and at first glance it seems payclass isn't even a single word!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Payclass Zapped #189091 02/03/2010 2:32 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh I would write pay classes 1 through 4. Your payclass 1-4, could be mistaken for a single pay class (i.e., one dash four), if not for the plural copula that follows. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Payclass zmjezhd #189095 02/04/2010 11:26 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I'm used to paygrade or maybe pay grade rather than pay( )class and the plural for that would be ... grades. Of course you could always avoid the problem entirely and say: "All administrative posts in Payclass 1 through Payclass 4 are..." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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