2023-06-21 10:40:15
The plural of the expression dear to dearwhen used as a noun, is invariable: the face to face.
In the media it is common to find phrases such as “The candidate said that he will participate in the round tables, debates and face-to-face meetings that are necessary” or “The journalist was referring to the leader’s rejection of the previous six-face proposal.” to faces” launched by the socialist ».
Although originally it has adverbial value and means ‘in the presence of someone and openly’ or ‘in an open and direct manner’ («They resolved the matter face to face»), usage dictionaries such as that of Seco, Andrés and Ramos include it as a phrase. substantive with the meaning of ‘meeting between two people in which they speak or openly confront each other’.
has gender masculine (a dear to dear) and his plural es invariable (some face to face), as in similar expressions (hands and hands o vis a vis). Being an expression settled in Spanish, does not require the use of quotation marks or italics.
Thus, in the previous examples, the appropriate thing to do would have been to write “The candidate said that he will participate in the round tables, debates and face-to-face meetings that are necessary” and “The journalist was referring to the leader’s rejection of the previous six-sided proposal to the face thrown by the socialist ».
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