samantha25
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Post by samantha25 on Jan 8, 2020 3:36:15 GMT
My DD (10 yo) is writing a biography and her first sentence is.. In the book (entitled vs titled) Who is Steven Speilberg? by Stephanie S. describes... bla bla bla... my DH and I have a disagreement of the verbiage of titled vs entitled. Doesn't it depend on the context of the sentence of when to use these two terms? Granted it's not the best opening sentence, just glad DD is using the rubric and this is what she wanted. I think it is titled.
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MerryMom
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Post by MerryMom on Jan 8, 2020 3:39:12 GMT
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samantha25
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Post by samantha25 on Jan 8, 2020 3:41:59 GMT
That's what I read, too... TFS...DH doesn't agree. Should I send him this link or is it poking the pig? LOL |
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Post by lucyg on Jan 8, 2020 3:58:18 GMT
I believe entitled is completely correct to use in that context, but I don’t love it. Kind of like the guy at the link. Who is no expert, btw ... just a dude with an opinion.  Anyway, I think she could use either word ... titled or entitled ... and it would work fine. If I remember, I’ll look it up when I get home. |
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Post by Linda on Jan 8, 2020 4:36:31 GMT
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Post by elaine on Jan 8, 2020 4:46:03 GMT
I’m stuck on “In the book titled/entitled (you actually don’t need either word in the sentence - we will know by the punctuation and capitalization that it is the title) Who is Steven Speilberg? by Stephanie S. describes...”
I’m guessing/hoping there are missing words, because “In the book” doesn’t match the verb “describes.” You’d have to drop the “In” making “the book” the subject. Right now it is a clause and there is no subject in the sentence.
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Post by mikewozowski on Jan 8, 2020 14:12:49 GMT
i agree with ^. you don't need "in" and you don't need ether "titled" or "entitled".
the book xxx by xxx describes...
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Post by Jockscrap on Jan 8, 2020 18:46:35 GMT
i agree with ^. you don't need "in" and you don't need ether "titled" or "entitled". the book xxx by xxx describes...  |
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Post by J u l e e on Jan 8, 2020 18:59:17 GMT
I agree with you that it's not the best opening sentence, but she's 10. =) Is she questioning the word choice or just you and your husband? If it's just you two having the disagreement, send him a link and agree that both are acceptable.
My daughter tutors in the writing lab in her high school. She says if someone is struggling with a word choice and can't agree on which word to write, she just has them rewrite the sentence in a way that doesn't need either. So if it's your daughter questioning the word, then maybe you could practice with her how to rewrite it so she doesn't have to use either one (examples above).
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