Microsoft PowerPoint - aat_in_depth.pptx

5/4/2019

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Introduction to the AAT

revised May 2019 For educational purposes

DETERMINING THE PREFERRED TERM

Descriptors for mass nounsFor the preferred term, use the

singular for mass nouns, that is,

for those nouns that would

be quantified by "how much?“

iron (Record-Preferred, en, Descriptor)additive (Record-Preferred, en, Descriptor)correspondence (Record-Preferred, en, Descriptor

If the concept is genera

lly quantified by "how much,"

but could also occasionally be

quantified by "how many," include the

plural as an alternate descriptor

canework (Record-Preferred, en, Descr

iptor) Qualifier: visual works

caneworks (en, Alternate Descriptor)

Patricia Harpring © 2019 J. Paul Getty Trust. For educational purposes only. Do not distribute.

General rules for English. For other l

anguages, refer to standard rules for that language.