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Certain issues have to be re-discussed

English translation: either re-discuss (UK) or rediscuss (USA)

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English term or phrase:Certain issues have to be re-discussed
Selected answer:either re-discuss (UK) or rediscuss (USA)
Entered by: Textpertise

14:22 Nov 20, 2008
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / herbediscussiëren
English term or phrase: Certain issues have to be re-discussed
is it rediscuss or re-discuss or doesn't it exists at all?
Karin Van Slagmolen
either re-discuss (UK) or rediscuss (USA)
Explanation:
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary does not list rediscuss. Its listing under re- is as follows:
re- /prefix
1 attachable to almost any verb or its derivative, meaning: a) once more; afresh, anew... b back; with return to a previous state.

Having lived and worked in both the U.S.A. and the U.K., my experience is that the word will almost always be hyphenated in the U.K. but hardly ever in the U.S.A.
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Textpertise
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:00
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +3either re-discuss (UK) or rediscuss (USA)
Textpertise
4 +2rediscuss
Katja van Hellemond
4 +2discussed again
Peter Linton (X)


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
rediscuss


Explanation:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rediscuss

Katja van Hellemond
Portugal
Local time: 00:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Walker (X)
13 mins
  -> thanks david
agree  Kitty Brussaard: Zie ook http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rediscuss.
20 mins
  -> thanks kitty
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
certain issues have to be re-discussed
either re-discuss (UK) or rediscuss (USA)


Explanation:
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary does not list rediscuss. Its listing under re- is as follows:
re- /prefix
1 attachable to almost any verb or its derivative, meaning: a) once more; afresh, anew... b back; with return to a previous state.

Having lived and worked in both the U.S.A. and the U.K., my experience is that the word will almost always be hyphenated in the U.K. but hardly ever in the U.S.A.

Textpertise
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alice Bootman
6 mins
agree  Yasdnil1: In UK I would expect to see re-discuss, not rediscuss.
1 hr
agree  fhzwiers
6 hrs
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
certain issues have to be re-discussed
discussed again


Explanation:
'discussed again' strikes me as better and more natural English.

Peter Linton (X)
Local time: 00:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Semafoor
2 days 7 hrs
agree  Alina Barrow
2192 days
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