Talk:research

Pronunciation differences between UK & US

Could someone please explain the difference between US and UK English pronunciation of this word, in the entry, in the manner approved for Wiktionary entries.

US: long "re" with stress on first syllable as if spelled "reesearch".

UK: traditionally unstressed first syllable with stress on "search". However US pronunciation is increasingly being adopted in UK in 21st century. G-W 12:02, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

I've added the two UK pronunciations. I've also added what I think is the US pronunciation, but I've requested verification of this. Thryduulf 15:20, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

"Researches"?

• I'd really appreciate if someone could back up this idea that "research" is a countable noun, because it looks and feels completely wrong to me as a native speaker. If you have to talk about it in a plural context, surely you would say "research papers", "research projects", or something similar, not "researches".--115.30.74.172 11:38, 17 December 2011 (UTC)
• Hundreds of thousands of hits on Google book search. Over 6,000 hits on http://arxiv.org/. SemperBlotto 11:50, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

  arxiv not fully accessible.

• google books:"researches" suggests that it is readily attestable. Google NGram Viewer and this NGram search suggest that it is declining in use relative to uncountable research. DCDuring TALK 17:12, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

In my experience, this is typical of second-language speakers, whether their first language is Russian, German, Hindi, Chinese or Japanese. Make of that what you will. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 21:04, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

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RFV-sense "A particular instance or piece of research." Tagged {{fact}} and not listed. - -sche (discuss) 19:50, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

I'd close this based on widespread use. See google books:"a research was". —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 02:07, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

That's fine by me, and I see Equinox has added a citation, too. Duly de-tagged. - -sche (discuss) 02:46, 4 February 2013 (UTC)