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Is there any "liveshow" or "live show" in English?



 
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Is there any "liveshow" or "live show" in English? #1 (permalink) Mon Apr 07, 2008 17:32 pm   Is there any "liveshow" or "live show" in English?
 

Hi,

I've heard from my friends that the word "live show" or "liveshow" does not exist in standard English. Actually, that word is used quite popularly in my country, where English is not the native language. But does such a word really exist in standard English? and which is more correct? "liveshow" or "live show"?

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Is there any "liveshow" or "live show" in English? #2 (permalink) Mon Apr 07, 2008 18:01 pm   Is there any "liveshow" or "live show" in English?
 

Hi Nessie

If we use the phrase 'live show', the word live would be used specifically to indicate that the show is being performed and broadcast at the same time (i.e. the show is being broadcast now and it was not recorded prior to the broadcast).

However, I'd say it would be more typical to say something such as "The show is live".
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Is there any "liveshow" or "live show" in English? #3 (permalink) Mon Apr 07, 2008 18:37 pm   Is there any "liveshow" or "live show" in English?
 

Hi Nessie,

A common expression here when a show/programme is being broadcast is: This show is coming to you live. News programmes on TV sometimes have the word 'live' written on the screen to indicate that the report is actual. Another use for 'live' often refers to an audience actually being present often when a comedy show is being shown. You would hear: This show/concert was recorded before a live audience rather than simply being recorded in a studio without audience.

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Is there any "liveshow" or "live show" in English? #4 (permalink) Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:49 am   Is there any "liveshow" or "live show" in English?
 

Thanks a lot, Amy and Alan :)

I know the definition of the term, but I just wonder if the word really exist in standard English. For example can we say:

Her liveshow will go on as planned next week
The singer is busy preparing for his first liveshow in public

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Is there any "liveshow" or "live show" in English? #5 (permalink) Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:23 am   Is there any "liveshow" or "live show" in English?
 

Hi,

It would be written/spoken as two separate words: live show.

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