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Grammatical question regarding Iridite?
April 12, 2010
What is the correct past tense of Iridite?
My machinist inquired about this and I do not know which is correct. Since a large part of my job is writing repair instructions, I feel I should know this and am quite embarrassed that I do not.
Is it Iridited? Iridite? or iridote?
Other similar English words that end in -ite and their past tense verb are:
bite (bit)
fight (fought)
spite (spited)
Iridite (?)
Thanks in advance.
Plate Shop Engineer - Oxford, Alabama, USA
April 13, 2010
Hi, Debra. Iridite is a noun, a trade name actually. Inventing a proper and consistent past tense of a proper name is problematic. I think the correct past tense is "chromate conversion coated" :-)
Regards,
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
The grammatically correct phrase would be "chemical filmed" or "chromated" as like Ted has indicated, Iridite(R) and Alodine(R) are registered trade names and specific to a single manufacturer (Macdermid or Henkel). The generic process which both of these products relate is chromate conversion coating or chemical filming.
Milt Stevenson, Jr.
Syracuse, New York
April 18, 2010
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