Comments on: Word of the Day: Gamut http://www.dailywritingtips.com/word-of-the-day-gamut/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:41:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Maeve http://www.dailywritingtips.com/word-of-the-day-gamut/comment-page-1/#comment-188371 Maeve Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:10:14 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3308#comment-188371 Shamaine and Daniel, The ESPN quotation is from a headline. For that reason the article "the" has been left out. In the context of a sentence, "gamut" takes an article, usually "the." http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2007-11-22-hiestand-weekend_N.htm Shamaine and Daniel,
The ESPN quotation is from a headline. For that reason the article “the” has been left out. In the context of a sentence, “gamut” takes an article, usually “the.”

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2007-11-22-hiestand-weekend_N.htm

]]> By: Daniel Scocco http://www.dailywritingtips.com/word-of-the-day-gamut/comment-page-1/#comment-188327 Daniel Scocco Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:36:26 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3308#comment-188327 @Shamaine, I believe it depends on how you are using it. If you look at the quotations above, you can see it being used directly and with the a article preceding it. @Shamaine, I believe it depends on how you are using it.

If you look at the quotations above, you can see it being used directly and with the a article preceding it.

]]> By: Leslie Snovelle http://www.dailywritingtips.com/word-of-the-day-gamut/comment-page-1/#comment-188326 Leslie Snovelle Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:35:14 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3308#comment-188326 Are both of the examples correct usage of the word gamut? In this one "gamut" is used without "a." ESPN’s online arm runs gamut of live sports offerings (USA Today) In this one "a gamut" is used. The court’s liberal wing strenuously disagreed, offering its own historical construction that emphasized a gamut of restrictions on firearms… (WSJ) Are both of the examples correct usage of the word gamut?

In this one “gamut” is used without “a.”

ESPN’s online arm runs gamut of live sports offerings (USA Today)

In this one “a gamut” is used.

The court’s liberal wing strenuously disagreed, offering its own historical construction that emphasized a gamut of restrictions on firearms… (WSJ)

]]> By: Shamaine http://www.dailywritingtips.com/word-of-the-day-gamut/comment-page-1/#comment-188319 Shamaine Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:53:04 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3308#comment-188319 I would like clarification on what article, if any , must or should be used before "gamut." Is it "a gamut", "the gamut" or just "gamut"? I would like clarification on what article, if any , must or should be used before “gamut.” Is it “a gamut”, “the gamut” or just “gamut”?

]]> By: Michael Batey http://www.dailywritingtips.com/word-of-the-day-gamut/comment-page-1/#comment-188109 Michael Batey Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:15:58 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3308#comment-188109 "She [Katharine Hepburn] runs the gamut of emotions from A to B." – Dorothy Parker “She [Katharine Hepburn] runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.”
– Dorothy Parker

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