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Paris zhao Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

English names and surnames

how to distinguish English names and surnames except consulting a dictionary? As a rule, an English name comes before a surname, sometimes a middle name is placed inbetween, but it seems that the rule does not apply in all circumstances, I'm sure of that, but cannot give an example. And often, in some biblipgraphy of a book, sometimes name comes first with a punctuation, and then surname, sometimes the conventional order is reversed. Is there a rule? For example, we an author is cited, the formulation is often like this: "Qurik says",but in bibliophy llist, the name could be placed after surname: Randolph Quirk ...(or Quirk, Randolph) or maybe sometimes without punctuation?
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Charles Edward Postule, whose surname is 'Postule' will normally be referred to as Charles Postule. He may sign his correspondence as he wishes - Charles Postule, C Postule, C E Postule, Charles E Postule. He will not normally sign with his full name, Charles Edward Postule , but he is free to do so if he wishes.

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  • Charles Edward Postule, whose surname is 'Postule' will normally be referred to as Charles Postule.
  • He may sign his correspondence as he wishes - Charles Postule, C Postule, C E Postule, Charles E Postule.
  • He will not normally sign with his full name, Charles Edward Postule , but he is free to do so if he wishes.
  • If he writes a book, he and his publisher can choose any form they wish.
  • When cited in a text, he will be generally referred to as Postule (XXXX); (XXXX) will be the year in which his book was published.
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Charles Edward Postule, whose surname is 'Postule' will normally be referred to as Charles Postule. He may sign his correspondence as he wishes - Charles Postule, C Postule, C E Postule, Charles E Postule. He will not normally sign with his full name, Charles Edward Postule, but he is free to do so if he wishes.

If he writes a book, he and his publisher can
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