Talk:Ad libitum

Content copied over from Talk:Ad lib
(Shrug) Dysprosia, I'll let it be, certainly not worth an edit war, but my dictionary (American Heritage 3rd and 4th editions) lists the two terms under separate entries; that is, I still think they are two different terms, not two different forms of the same term.

I don't think they should be separate articles&mdash;including both in the same article seems sensible to me. But I still believe the article should be arranged something like this:


 * Ad lib and Ad-lib are related but distinct terms. Both are abbreviations of ad libitum which is Latin for "at liberty."


 * Ad lib, without a hyphen, is an adverb meaning "at choice"


 * Ad-lib, with a hyphen, the commoner term, is a noun or verb meaning...


 * My dictionary says them under two different terms too, but the differences between the two definitions are rather negligible, boiling down to the distinction between "ad lib" being the adj/adv term, while "ad-lib" being the noun term. What do you feel is the main distinction between the two? Dysprosia 04:56, 21 Dec 2003 (UTC)


 * Collins English Dictionary lists 'ad-lib' as verb, adjective and 'ad lib' as noun, adverb.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ad-lib lists 'ad-lib as verb, adjective and 'ad lib' as adverb and neither as noun, which brings the reliability of that source into question. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ad+lib lists 'ad-lib' as verb, adjective and 'ad lib' as noun, adverb.

Examples?
I wonder if we should add a few examples of well-known ad libs in film and TV by way of illustration? 23skidoo 20:31, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Merge proposal
The result was merge. I've now done it: all substantial content from the ad lib page is integrated into this one, including the grammar; and I've added a redirect hatnote for people who want the sound card etc. Talk pages merged as well. Hope the result is satisfactory. -- simxp (talk) 12:55, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Discussion from Ad Lib
Should Ad lib and Ad libitum be merged? It seems confusing that they are on 2 pages. --apers0n 14:58, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Please continue at Talk:Ad libitum. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ewlyahoocom (talk • contribs) 17:12, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Discussion from Ad Libitum
From Talk:Ad lib: ''Should Ad lib and Ad libitum be merged? It seems confusing that they are on 2 pages. --apers0n 14:58, 28 July 2006 (UTC)''
 * I couldn't agree more. Ewlyahoocom 17:12, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

-Seems so obvious. Should be done. User:Geelcat —Preceding unsigned comment added by Geelcat (talk • contribs) 05:42, 4 September 2007 (UTC)