Showing posts with label treatises. Show all posts
Showing posts with label treatises. Show all posts

Monday, January 20, 2014

treaties, treatise

Treaties or treaties is the plural of "treaty", meaning an agreement or contract signed by two or more countries--
Our senate has refused to ratify three different treaties in the past year.
Both treaties contain provisions for fishing rights.

Treatise or treatise means a scholarly paper; a formal exposition of a subject, in writing--
His treatise on the social structure of beehives caused a sensation.
He is working on a treatise on artificial intelligence.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"His new treatise will examine all of the treaties the United States Senate has rejected."

Note--the plural of "treatise" is "treatises"--
The professor's desk was covered with the treatises of his graduate students.

Note # 2--the singular form of "treaties" is "treaty"--
One nation has accused the other of violating the terms of the arms treaty.