“a storyteller”, not “a storyteller”

by time news

2023-10-12 08:36:18

The noun storyteller It is written in a single word, not with a space (tell stories) or with a hyphen (story-telling).

However, in the media it is common to read phrases such as “The municipal libraries have organized story-telling sessions from October 2 to 6”, “The municipality celebrates the children’s book fair with story-telling” or “Storytelling and workshops of magic are some of the scheduled activities.

Composed of the verb tell conjugate and noun storiesthe voice storytellerwhich can refer to the ‘person who tells stories in public’ or the ‘show in which one or more storytellers perform’, according to the Current Spanish Dictionaryby Andrés, Seco and Ramos, written in one word.

Furthermore, it remains invariable en plural (the storytellers) and, as stated in the Dictionary of the Spanish language, when referring to the person who tells stories, it is a noun common in terms of gender: the storyteller.

In the previous examples, therefore, the appropriate thing would have been to write “The municipal libraries have organized storytelling sessions from October 2 to 6”, “The municipality celebrates the children’s book fair with storytelling” and “Storytelling and magic workshops “These are some of the scheduled activities.”

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