2020-11-04 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด M - Memo & memorandum

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2020-11-04

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด M - Memo & memorandum

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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง Memo = ‘MEM-oh’ - plural = ‘memos’

ออกเสียง memorandum = ‘mem-muh-RAN-duhm’

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

get the memo

informal + often humorous

means: to hear about or become aware of something generally known

—typically used in negative constructions

to point to someone's surprising lack of awareness,

to say that something did not happen as expected, etc.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

memorandums or memoranda?: Usage Guide

Although some commentators warn

against the use of memoranda as asingular

and condemn the plural memorandas,

our evidence indicates that these forms are rarelyencountered in print.

We have a little evidence of the confusion of forms,

including use of memorandum as aplural,

in speech (as at congressional hearings).

As plurals memoranda and memorandums are about equally frequent.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Memorandums & Memoranda

Definition: an informal record: also, a written reminder

Many usage guides have taken pains to warn their readers of a potential problem with the plural of memorandum.

This is not whether or not to use memorandums or memoranda

(either is fine),

but rather to avoid using memorandas.

Some words with similar Latinate endings in English

will allow an a ending to take an s

(such as agendas), but memorandas is not among them.

But what does our proud Ign'rance Learning call,

We odly Plato 's Paradox make good,

Our Knowledge is but mere Remembrance all,

Remembrance is our Treasure and our Food;

Nature's fair Table-book our tender Souls

We scrawl all o'er with old and empty Rules,

Stale Memorandums of the Schools….

—Jonathan Swift, Ode to the Honorable Sir William Temple, c1689

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression

Memo & memorandum

Memorandum is a word of Latin origin

meaning “short note,” “record of events,” ”brief message.”

Memo is an informal but widely used and acceptable abbreviation:

“This executive begins each day with a memorandum (or memo) to all salesmen.”

The standard plural of memo is memos:

“Please stop sending me so many memorandums (of memoranda or memos)”