Talk:aid

RFV discussion: April–July 2014

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aid

The incompetent general's brilliant aid: should this be spelt aide? If so, this example sentence is misleading. Donnanz (talk) 16:58, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

I notice there is a sense 7: aide-de-camp. Perhaps the example sentence can be moved there. Donnanz (talk) 17:08, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

To my surprise, both the OED and the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary say that "aid" is an acceptable alternative for "aide" (with the OED noting that using "aid" for "aide" is chiefly found in US military contexts). I agree with Donnanz that sense 7 already covers this. In any case, sense 3 seems to describe things, not persons, and I would just delete this old and unhelpful e.g. sentence from sense 3. -- · (talk) 17:15, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

The numbers for each sense seem to have been mucked up, either by the rfv or the following quote. Donnanz (talk) 17:54, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Right, Donnanz, within the numbered senses you should use the template {{rfv-sense}}. I fixed it. -- · (talk) 18:13, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

OK, thanks; it's the first rfv I have ever done (and probably not the last). Donnanz (talk) 18:43, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Usex moved to definition 7. — Ungoliant ^(falai) 15:56, 12 July 2014 (UTC)