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...

The meanings of these words are very similar: the sine of an angle in a right triangle is the ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse; the secant is the ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent...

Aug 3, 2014 · 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 …

Aug 2, 2020 · Bert: I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith. Uncle Albert: What's the name of his other leg? It is a joke that exploits a common ambiguity in English communication. Obviously, …

Jun 13, 2017 · There should be a file, named something.txt. or There should be a file named something.txt.

Is there an adjective to describe a work that has the same name as another work? The two works in question may or may not be related. For instance, instead of writing The movie The Nutty Judge is

Aug 1, 2018 · 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 …

I do think there is a difference between 'in the name' and 'under the name'. For instance, the secretary calls the hotel and asks to make a reservation in the name of her boss Mr.Cullen. On the other hand, …

May 7, 2019 · 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 …

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.