| Subject: Re: I CLAIM SPANK on ALT.SCI.SETI! |
| From: Roger Halstead |
| Date: 10/08/2003, 21:51 |
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 22:40:59 GMT, Roger Halstead <rdhalste@tm.net>
wrote:
On 19 Dec 2002 11:03:36 GMT, Lloyd@no.spammmmm (Lloyd
Braxilwartenoski) wrote:
What Webster you using. Their 9th collegiate agrees.
Entitle "To give title"
Ahhh...that's what I said...It's an active verb.
Therefore the document is titled.
Entitle refers to the action of the author giving title to the
document.
As doe the American Herritage Dictionary.
Entitle: To give name, or title.
Absolutely nothing about a book, or article being entitled.
And they aren't entitled. They were entitled, but they are not
entitled.
Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)
Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)
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entitled
Entitle \En*ti"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entitled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Entitling.] [OF. entituler, F. intituler, LL. intitulare, fr. L. in +
titulus title. See Title, and cf. Intitule.] 1. To give a title to; to
affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an
honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle a book
``Commentaries;'' to entitle a man ``Honorable.'' ...
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.