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Subject:Re: onsite vs on site From:"Tom Murrell" <tmurrell -at- columbus -dot- rr -dot- com> To:"Nurre, Vickie" <VNurre -at- aegonusa -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 11 Oct 1999 18:13:57 -0400
Onsite as one word does not look correct to me at all. I don't think it is
one of those two word combinations that is migrating together as "baseball"
or "database" did.
I read "on site" as a prepositional phrase that answers the question, "Where
is the staff?" "The staff is [where?]" "The staff is on site." (Or "The
staff is in Boston." Or "The staff is at lunch.") That's how I read the
example.
Yours is the first example of someone thinking of using "on site" as one
word.
Tom Murrell
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>From: "Nurre, Vickie" <VNurre -at- Aegonusa -dot- com>
>To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
>Subject: onsite vs on site
>Date: Mon, Oct 11, 1999, 4:29 PM
>
> When used as a noun, which is correct - Onsite or On Site? For example, "The
> staff is on site." Or "The staff is onsite." I have seen it both ways and
> would like to know if one is more correct than the other and why. I can find
> no particular rule other than if it is used as an adjective or adverb.
>
> Thanks
> Vickie, vnurre -at- aegonusa -dot- com <mailto:vnurre -at- aegonusa -dot- com>
> Technical Writer
