Talk:not-to-scale

to-scale
These are both prepositional phrases that act like adjectives when used attributively, not adjectives. The main problem, though, is that the hyphenated spelling is just what happens to any phrase when used as a modifier, and we already have an entry for to scale. I suppose one could make a case for keeping to-scale as an alternative form, but by any analysis not-to-scale is SOP. Chuck Entz (talk) 06:42, 25 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Hmm, is not a synonym of ... DonnanZ (talk) 14:06, 25 May 2023 (UTC)


 * And is not a synonym of . So what? Chuck Entz (talk) 14:22, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
 * So there may be a case for not to scale. DonnanZ (talk) 14:51, 25 May 2023 (UTC)
 * We have an entry, and a good reason for not having an entry . --Lambiam 16:42, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Hardly a good comparison - It was not stolen to order.
 * A model not to scale is not a . DonnanZ (talk) 17:05, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
 * "once written a book, not to order, exactly, but to please a particular audience; a girl of seven who was, as she put it. ‘a little bit blind.’&thinsp;" --Lambiam 14:02, 31 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Kept for no consensus. Demonicallt (talk) 19:18, 6 January 2024 (UTC)