i typed 'waitressing' into MS word and it came up spelling mistake with no suggsetions
2006-09-09 21:58:19 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
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2006-09-09 22:07:35 · answer #1 · answered by ozzysheeplover 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The word "waitress" is a noun, the female of the word "waiter". It can't have tense terms. If you're searching for the past tense terms of "I am a waitress", they are "I was a waitress" and "I have been a waitress". If you're looking for the past tense term of the verb "wait", then it's "waited".
2006-09-10 01:28:09 · answer #2 · answered by firefly 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
wait (or wait tables), waited, waiting. I think the problem you're having is that waitress isn't the verb. Waitress is only the person. Like magician. You perform magic, not magicianate. You performed magic, not magicianed... not conversating, conversing... see? However, the terms waitressed, and waitressing are used sometimes, so I think you could get away with it without a prison sentence. lol Just tell the spell check you're going "language four-wheeling", hehe Good luck.
2006-09-09 22:23:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Past tense term would be ex-waitress. But I think you are looking for the gerund, which is formed from a verb. As waitress is properly only a noun, MS word is not recognizing it as a valid gerund. Ignore spellcheck programs and only use them to check words you are unsure of. I only use it to correct my English spellings into American.
2006-09-09 22:05:06 · answer #4 · answered by mlamb56 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Technically, "waitress" is a noun, but I have heard people say waitressing, which would make past tense = waitressed. Alternatively, you could say "waited tables" or "served as a waitress".
2006-09-10 04:15:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Spellcheckers are ignorant of any word tha's not put into them by some programmer first, and "waitressing" from "to waitress" is not "officially" a word.
"used to be a waitress" will be accepted, or "after being a waitress", according to context.
2006-09-10 00:08:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The past tense for the act of being a waitress (or waiter) is simply "waited", as in "To support herself while studying she waited at a restaurant near her college, every lunchtime and evening". There is obvious possible confusion with the other, closely related, meaning of waited, which can be avoided (unless making a joke) by appropriate use of contextual clues.
2006-09-09 22:15:49 · answer #7 · answered by Sangmo 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The past tense would actually be 'waitressed.' Put it into Microsoft Word. It should accept it.
2006-09-09 22:05:27 · answer #8 · answered by kineticcars 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Waitresses are a noun and therefore can't have a tense, although they are tense when they're on the job
2006-09-09 22:17:44 · answer #9 · answered by Canute 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It wouldn't be waitressing, that'd be like trying to say waitering. It'd be waiting. Or if that's confusing in the context you could say something like "i was waiting tables".
2006-09-09 22:51:52 · answer #10 · answered by timvansickel 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2006-09-12 00:42:03 · answer #11 · answered by The Hog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋