6
   

imageries

 
 
WBYeats
 
Reply Thu 27 Mar, 2014 09:24 pm
In poetry, if the language produces some images in your brain, could they be called IMAGERY/IMAGERIES? If the word is correct, then when can we use IMAGERIES, the plural form? I've consulted several dictionaries online, none of them have the plural form. All singular.
  • Topic Stats
  • Top Replies
  • Link to this Topic
Type: Question • Score: 6 • Views: 781 • Replies: 11
No top replies

 
bobsal u1553115
 
  1  
Reply Thu 27 Mar, 2014 09:33 pm
@WBYeats,
Imagery refers to a body of images.
0 Replies
 
WBYeats
 
  1  
Reply Fri 28 Mar, 2014 10:04 am
the word is correct, then when can we use IMAGERIES, the plural form?
JTT
 
  1  
Reply Fri 28 Mar, 2014 10:21 am
@WBYeats,
At first blush, i hafta say that I don't believe I've ever heard or read that word, WB.
0 Replies
 
WBYeats
 
  1  
Reply Fri 28 Mar, 2014 12:37 pm
So you think IMAGERIES is wrong and the singular only correct?
(The other member seems to have been not talking about IMAGERY, so I do not know whether you're referring to IMAGERIES)
tsarstepan
 
  1  
Reply Fri 28 Mar, 2014 12:40 pm
@WBYeats,
WBYeats wrote:

So you think IMAGERIES is wrong and the singular only correct?
(The other member seems to have been not talking about IMAGERY, so I do not know whether you're referring to IMAGERIES)

The singular variation of the word, imagery, would be correct in that statement.

Though weirdly enough, imageries is a real world according to Dictionary.com.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/imageries
JTT
 
  1  
Reply Fri 28 Mar, 2014 02:57 pm
@tsarstepan,
Tsars: Though weirdly enough, imageries is a real world[sic] according to Dictionary.com.

-------

So it is!
0 Replies
 
WBYeats
 
  1  
Reply Fri 28 Mar, 2014 11:49 pm
If native speakers agree with that Random House dictionary; when can we use the plural form IMAGERIES? In poems? In psychology?
0 Replies
 
contrex
 
  2  
Reply Sat 29 Mar, 2014 03:59 am
@WBYeats,
WBYeats wrote:
In poetry, if the language produces some images in your brain, could they be called IMAGERY/IMAGERIES?


Why use a different word, when you already call them images?

Imagery is the name given to the methods and techniques a poet or other artist uses to produce ideas in your mind when you read or recite or hear the poem, novel, play, tune etc. Shelly's imagery. The imagery in Ode to The West Wind. The word could be used in the plural in that context.


contrex
 
  1  
Reply Sat 29 Mar, 2014 05:56 am
@contrex,
contrex wrote:
The word could be used in the plural in that context.


I do not think it should; the word 'imagery' is a non-countable noun, like power or beauty.
0 Replies
 
WBYeats
 
  1  
Reply Sat 29 Mar, 2014 08:00 am
Thank you~
0 Replies
 
contrex
 
  1  
Reply Sat 29 Mar, 2014 08:13 am
@contrex,
contrex wrote:
Shelly's imagery.


Shelley's imagery
0 Replies
 
 

Related Topics

deal - Question by WBYeats
Let pupils abandon spelling rules, says academic - Discussion by Robert Gentel
Please, I need help. - Question by imsak
Is this sentence grammatically correct? - Question by Sydney-Strock
"come from" - Question by mcook
concentrated - Question by WBYeats
 
  1. Forums
  2. » imageries
Copyright © 2024 MadLab, LLC :: Terms of Service :: Privacy Policy :: Page generated in 0.03 seconds on 10/03/2024 at 11:28:36