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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
How to write architect & engineer
Hello, I have a question. I need to know how to spell the simple words: architect and engineer and its various ways of usage.
I work for an engineering firm and for some reason each time we use the word "architect" it is being capitalised (so is engineer). I know this is wrong since it is almost never used as a proper noun, so now I started a revolution in trying to change this.
Often we refer to architect's drawings. here in the whole office, with many native English speakers we constantly write this different. As example how do I write this line: (this is written on thousands of drawings and documents at the moment)
"This drawing is to be read in conjunction with all relevant Architects, Engineers and specialists drawings and specifications."
Or
"Refer to architect's drawings for details"
It is written as above now, but I have seen it written as Architect's Architects' and sometimes architect's,. The same goes with engineers: Engineer's Engineers's Engineers' I have seen it all.
I am a technician, not a grammar expert, our office is full off engineers, so I admit I am no expert, but I hope there is somebody out there that could help me.
Thank you very very much
I work for an engineering firm and for some reason each time we use the word "architect" it is being capitalised (so is engineer). I know this is wrong since it is almost never used as a proper noun, so now I started a revolution in trying to change this.
Often we refer to architect's drawings. here in the whole office, with many native English speakers we constantly write this different. As example how do I write this line: (this is written on thousands of drawings and documents at the moment)
"This drawing is to be read in conjunction with all relevant Architects, Engineers and specialists drawings and specifications."
Or
"Refer to architect's drawings for details"
It is written as above now, but I have seen it written as Architect's Architects' and sometimes architect's,. The same goes with engineers: Engineer's Engineers's Engineers' I have seen it all.
I am a technician, not a grammar expert, our office is full off engineers, so I admit I am no expert, but I hope there is somebody out there that could help me.
Thank you very very much
Top answer
Well, you are a person after my own grammatical heart. It's driving you crazy, and no one else seems to care. Frustrating, isn't it?
- Well, you are a person after my own grammatical heart.
- It's driving you crazy, and no one else seems to care.
- Frustrating, isn't it?
- You are right as far as the rules go, but sometimes people like to use capital letters for a variety of reasons unrelated to whether or not the word is a proper or common noun.
- They don't care about the rule.
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Well, you are a person after my own grammatical heart. It's driving you crazy, and no one else seems to care. Frustrating, isn't it?
You are right as far as the rules go, but sometimes people like to use capital letters for a variety of reasons unrelated to whether or not the word is a proper or common noun. They don't care about the rule. They like the way it looks. You think that is bad
You are right as far as the rules go, but sometimes people like to use capital letters for a variety of reasons unrelated to whether or not the word is a proper or common noun. They don't care about the rule. They like the way it looks. You think that is bad
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"architect's drawings" means that the drawings were done by one architect. "architects' drawings" means that they were done by more than one architect. If you don't know or care which it is, I suggest using the latter. However, the grammar of the rest of the sentence may dictate one or the other.
Anonymous"This drawing is to be read in conjunction with all relevant Architec
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