[HIDEK6]

closure

Can I get a grammar cop's opinion on this?

I have always thought that "closure" was a noun referring to the device by which entry to something was denied. The twisted wire on the end of a loaf of bread is a "closure."

When one wishes to describe the act of closing a school (or military base, for that matter) he must use the gerund form of the verb, "to close." That form is, "closing."

Therefore, one must speak of the weather's forcing a school's closing, not a school's [?]closure[?].

[michigander]

Can I get a grammar cop's opinion on this?

They closed the damned things.

[Izzy Dunne]

My right-click disctionary says thet "closure" refers to the act or process of closing something.

e.g. "road closure" or "hospitals that face closure".

Not that I am a grammar cop or anything....

[CharlesWayneCT]

closure is what you try to get when your relationships go south.

But it seems to have been debased to mean whatever you want it to mean.

[Old Professer]

You bring up stuff like this again and I'll impact you upside your head.

[RightWhale]

'Closure' is a noun. So far so good. It is commonly understood to refer to the act of closing rather than the object that closes or is used to close. The misuse as a term meaning completion or leaving no loose ends is very common.

[Beagle8U]

"Therefore, one must speak of the weather's forcing a school's closing, not a school's [?]closure[?]."

You should check at Nerdsworriedaboutcrapnobodyelsecareabout.com and ask them.

[dhuffman@awod.com]

I like your way of thinking. I wish that I knew enough of grammar to be a 'grammar cop.' Thanks for caring about our language. When that is gone then we are truly lost to the muddle.

Either we are equal or we are not. Good people ought to be armed where they will, with wits and guns. Merry Christmas NRA KMA

[GretchenM]

Merriam-Webster online:

Main Entry: clo·sure
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin clausura, from clausus, past participle of claudere to close -- more at CLOSE
1 archaic : means of enclosing : ENCLOSURE
2 : an act of closing : the condition of being closed < closure of the eyelids > < business closures >
3 : something that closes < pocket with zipper closure >
4 [translation of French clôture] : CLOTURE
5 : the property that a number system or a set has when it is mathematically closed under an operation
6 : a set that consists of a given set together with all the limit points of that set
7 : an often comforting or satisfying sense of finality < victims needing closure >; also : something (as a satisfying ending) that provides such a sense