Talk:dot matrix

RFC discussion: March 2014–February 2017

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dot matrix

Idiomatic? Adjective or attributive use of noun(s?)? — Ungoliant ^(falai) 00:11, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

See dot matrix printer. We have so many SOP entries, it's almost refreshing to have a "missing parts" entry for a change. Chuck Entz (talk) 04:28, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

• We also have dot-matrix as an adjective. No links between the entries either way. Donnanz (talk) 23:53, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

According to Oxford (hard copy and online) it's a noun that is normally used as a modifier. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/dot-matrix?q=dot+matrix Donnanz (talk) 08:58, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

• It does have a plural actually; either "dot matrices" or "dot matrixes", so I think this entry should be altered to a noun. I have added a link to the Wikipedia article. Donnanz (talk) 09:25, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

I've added the noun entry. Is adjectival usage merely attributive usage of the noun? Dbfirs 08:17, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Someone could prove me wrong, but as I see it predicate use is the best chance for showing this to behave as a true adjective:

 *"That is the most dot matrix printer I've ever seen."; *"That printer is more dot matrix than this one."

 *"It is a very dot matrix printer."

 ?"That printer is dot matrix."

I don't think that the modest amount of predicate use we are likely to find warrants an adjective entry, but rules is rules. DCDuring TALK 11:58, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

 Done: seems like an attributive use to me. — SMUconlaw (talk) 13:34, 1 February 2017 (UTC)