----- Original Message -----

From: John

To: anaglyphs(-at-)yahoogroups.com

Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 5:56 PM

Subject: [Anaglyphs] Re: Collectaibles?

Brian,
Although "collectable" is the spelling listed first by the Oxford
English Dictionary, the dictionary observes that the "-ible" form is
also valid, and has come to be common usage in the United States.

I think one is an ajective, and the other a noun. In grammar, an
adjective is a word whose main syntactic role is to modify a noun or
pronoun (called the adjective's subject, giving more information
about what the noun or pronoun refers to.
There are many more answers that could give a reason for the use of
both, but i just saw that one sometimes has th (adj) for adjective,
after it.

Col-lect-i-ble
adj.
1. That can be collected: a collectible loan.
2. Worthy of being collected: collectible antique coins.
n.
One of a group or class of objects, such as period glass or
historical memorabilia, sought by collectors.

Basically, i'm glad i'm not at school anymore...
Does this help in any way...
John



--- In anaglyphs(-at-)yahoogroups.com, "Brian Wallace" <Starg82343(-at-)...>
wrote:
>
> "Collectables?"
>
> I was at the flea market this morning and took a few shots.  A
first for me, (taking the shots, not the flea market).
>
> Can anyone tell me the difference between the words Collectable and
Collectible?  Both are accepted by spell check.
>
> Hand-held dual camera rig, 2 finger sync, PS, SPM.
>
> Cheers,
> Brian
>




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