Talk:work together

RFD discussion: December 2016–January 2017

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work together

SOP. Nibiko (talk) 14:15, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

• I would keep and add a sense for people, parts, or materials that function in combination to achieve a result. There are two distinct things going on here. If two people work for the same company, they "work together" even if they do completely unrelated tasks and the work of each is unaffected by that of the other. If two people must combine their efforts to achieve a result, they "work together" even if they do not share an employer (and even if they do not directly interact with each other at all). In other words, it is possible for people to "work together" even if they do not "work together". Moreover, the second sense also applies to, e.g., parts of a machine. The gas tank and the engine "work together" to make the car move, though they are not "workers" as in the first sense. bd2412 T 16:29, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

• Cf. sleep together, maybe. Equinox ◑ 07:39, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

• Delete existing sense. If a non-SoP sense is added, then {{&lit|work|together}} should accommodate the existing SoP definition and other meaning that arise from combining the various senses of the two words. DCDuring TALK 18:06, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
• Keep, a synonym of collaborate as well. DonnanZ (talk) 10:34, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
  • So is "work on the same thing with another person". Chuck Entz (talk) 17:36, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
    • I have added senses. There are three distinct ways that this phrase is used as a set phrase; one where people interact because they have a common employer (even if their tasks and goals are unrelated), the second is where people collaborate, even if they do not share an employer, and the third is where things function as parts of a whole, such as where two chemicals, once mixed, have an effect. bd2412 T 23:49, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

No consensus. bd2412 T 18:50, 22 January 2017 (UTC)