What would you call people who attend conferences? Maybe “Attendee”? Answer “attendee” is the common term unless you’re referring to a legislative conference: Compare a google news search for “attendee” vs. “conferee” AttributionSource : Link , Question Author : Adam , Answer Author : De Novo
I am writing a book review. I’ve encountered a problem with my sentence, “The Song of Albion Trilogy are the best books I’ve ever read”. Even though I am talking about a trilogy or series, it is not only the best series I’ve read, but also the best books I’ve read including stand-alone novels. I … Read more
I’m wondering if I need to pluralize “University” in the following sentence: “Our expert panelists, including former admissions officers from Yale and Harvard Universities, will discuss…” Should it be plural and capitalized? Singular? Lower case? I appreciate the help! Answer “University” should be capitalized with Yale because it’s the official name: “Yale University” (per the … Read more
I remember my English teacher telling me that South of India, for example, is the area to the south of India, which would be Sri Lanka. Was she mistaken in her understanding? Or is the south of France phrase a aberration? Where only in that context it is understood to mean an area in France, … Read more
We often see peculiar names being given to titles and fictional characters, such as Wolfenstein (which protagonist does also have a weird name: Blazkowicz). I would spend long times trying to figure out how I should pronounce these, but when I see a video of someone pronouncing it “correctly” (in the original language), I find … Read more
Why the complete name of British philosopher McTaggart, i.e. John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart, has such an strange form? Edit: Considering @Lawrence concerns, I should note that, although strangeness is a somehow subjective matter, but it’s objectively based on the lack of similar cases. In this case, I have never seen a compound proper name with … Read more
In Yoga and the Roots of Cultural Appropriation, the term "people of color" is repeatedly capitalized, though the names of other protected classes are not: Meanwhile, in order to uphold the foundation and on-going functioning of white supremacist and racial capitalism, white people are taught to be ahistorical and emotionally repressed. In order to maintain … Read more
In an attempt to prevent an edit war over on Skeptics.SE, I’ll defer to here. Which is preferred – or are both correct?: Was South Africa better run during apartheid? or Was South Africa better run during Apartheid? Does apartheid refer to a government system like democracy (common noun) or does Apartheid refer to a … Read more
Should I use “the” before proper nouns? I would like to skip it, will it be grammatically correct? Example: MicroApp receives the SL Recovery Key, the LF Service Key, and the Auth Key to control user transactions. In my case, the proper nouns are the names for software components. In comparing with other applications, the … Read more
When talking about something which is owed by an empire or is considered to be a part of that empire, which of the many ways to express this relationship are most commonly used and generally accepted idiomatically? For example, is it: The Ottoman war machine The Ottomanian war machine The Ottoman’s war machine The Ottomans’ … Read more
