- Named vs called - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Over on Stackoverflow, I keep seeing questions wherein posters say: *I have an item named SoAndSo (a table, a file, etc ) Shouldn't it be: *I have an item called SoAndSo Is "named" an accepta
- american english - Named for vs. named after - English Language . . .
Clearly "named after" means something along the lines of "These drawings are by Smith after those of Jones" where the "after" meaning "following as a consequence", so understood to mean "in honour of" The American "named for" is clearly in the sense that I do something "for" you, ie as a gift, so if I named something after someone, it would be as a gift "for" them, so it was named "for" them
- Are people named or called? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
People are both named and called You are "named" at birth by your parents, and "called" by other people during your lifetime In your examples, however, I would use neither verb "The first president of the United States, George Washington, never cut down a cherry tree " That does not mean those verbs do not have their uses, however Sometimes it improves the flow of a sentence or changes the
- What is the difference between named and termed?
However, termed is much more formal and is often used to describe very specific concepts in multiple different fields named, on the other hand, is a bit less formal and thus, much less restrictive than termed The general consensus seems to be: if you want to give a name to a very specific concept in a formal environment, pick termed
- How should I use eponym, eponymous and namesake?
Correct examples: Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California that is the namesake of eighteenth-century bishop and philosopher George Berkeley Eighteenth-century bishop and philosopher George Berkeley is the eponym of the city of Berkeley, California They cannot be used interchangeably Namesake indicates a place, thing or person named
- A word for the person after whom someone or something is named
Places, roads, streets etc , get named after famous people, too Many inventions and discoveries have been named after people who invented or discovered them But I am not yet aware of a term that refers to the person whose name is given to people, places or objects this way Is there a suitable word to fill in the blank below?
- direct objects - I have named him he who shall not be named? - English . . .
I have named him who shall not be named and She made him who he is today are very different structures; 'who shall not be named' is a relative clause whereas 'who he is today' is a reduced object complement ('the man (who) he is today')
- Pluralization of names - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
If I were to use the sentence "There are lots of John Smiths" in the world, would that be the correct use for saying that there are a lot of people named John Smith in the world?
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