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‘ Attendees’?

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Greenfinch Wed 19-Apr-23 11:10:21

I think attender is British English and attendee is American. However the former came to mean someone who looks after another and so the latter became into common usage to mean someone who attends.Interesting how language evolves.

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Germanshepherdsmum Wed 19-Apr-23 11:04:45

I would say attendees.

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NotSpaghetti Wed 19-Apr-23 11:00:47

Attendees for me.
No idea if the other (rather ugly word) is acceptable today or not!

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Daddima Wed 19-Apr-23 10:45:18

I’ve just seen this in an article about the coronation of King Charles. Surely ‘attenders’ is correct? I’d have said the ‘ee’ ending refers to the one to whom something is done, the object of a transitive verb, like employer and employee. Or is that no longer the case?

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