- 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
- 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
- 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
- word choice - Henceforth vs. hereinafter - English Language Usage . . .
What is the most suitable way to express that a sentence word will be "replaced by" another sentence word, from that point (in a text, for instance)? Henceforth called named Hereinafter c
- 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
- Is there a word for someone with the same name?
The word namefellow or name-fellow, although rather obscure, does have exactly the meaning you're after, without the connotation of namesake that both people are named after the same person In Tristram of Lyonesse (1882) by the poet A C Swinburne, the protagonist travels to Brittany where he meets another knight named Tristram: But by the sea-banks where at morn their foes Might find them
- How should I use eponym, eponymous and namesake?
None of these seem to be proper, given that eponym and eponymous are used for people or things that are named after a person Since the Tower Bridge is not a person, these terms should not be used
- grammatical number - Our name is or Our names are? - English . . .
Saying "our name is Sarah" is incorrect because it implies that there is a single collective to which the Sarahs belong that is named Sarah This is implicated by using the singular verb "is"
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