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Title: BI-WEEKLY POLL
Post by: crashwg on October 27, 2004, 10:51:31 pm

Sorry about the double post, this should have been a poll to begin with!

Title: Re:BI-WEEKLY POLL
Post by: Apollo on October 28, 2004, 01:04:42 am

The term can't be defined by consensus.

The Oxford English dictionary says:

biweekly ( no hyphen ) appearing or taking place every 2 weeks or twice a week.

So there

Title: Re:BI-WEEKLY POLL
Post by: crashwg on October 28, 2004, 10:15:57 am

Merriam-Webster says:

1 : occurring twice a week
2 : occurring every two weeks : FORTNIGHTLY

Title: Re:BI-WEEKLY POLL
Post by: Luxury on October 28, 2004, 01:26:27 pm

Your right - I should have included a poll.  Silly me!  :(

Title: Re:BI-WEEKLY POLL
Post by: cdbrown on October 28, 2004, 08:32:09 pm

So we're still no closer to resolution on this as both dictionaries quoted give both answers.  I'll continue to believe it's twice a week.

Title: Re:BI-WEEKLY POLL
Post by: RandyT on October 30, 2004, 01:12:47 pm

Bi-cycle = 2 wheels
Bi-sexual = 2 distinct sexual preferences
Bi-centenial = 2 hundred years
Bi-lateral = 2 sides
Bi-sect = divide into 2 parts

Bi-weekly =  every 2 weeks

From most examples I can find, Bi is distinctly relative to a the specific quantity of 2, and doesn't seem to be used in similar circumstance to the word "twice", which would seem to be more appropriate in this case.

In other words, "Twice weekly"  is far more descriptive as it implies a multiple, ie. "twice as much",  "twice in one day", etc., whereas the specific quantity of 2, as applied to "2 weekly" says just what sounds like.  One time every 2 weeks.

RandyT

(I just made all that up, but it sounds good, doesn't it?  ;D )