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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Please how to say without being rude

A photographer took pictures of a girl with down syndrome. She asked for someones opinion. How would you say it so that isn't rude?

Which picture does she look best in? Use a picture where her down syndrome is less noticeable.
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D own 's S yndrome What you have written is not rude.

— Clive

  • D own 's S yndrome What you have written is not rude.
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Down's Syndrome

What you have written is not rude.
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CliveDown's Syndrome
Down syndrome is acceptable and is actually more common.

I have never seen down syndrome capitalized in a sentence. (Of course, you would capitalize down if it began the sentence.)
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A quick google suggests the apostrophe S does indeed seem often omitted. And sometimes there is no capital S for syndrome.
But the capital D seems the norm.

Clive
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CliveBut the capital D seems the norm.
It does. Emotion: thinking
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Is the D capitalized because the syndrome is named after someone?

Grammatically speaking, how would you have written the sentence?
In which picture does she look best? Use a picture in which her Down syndrome is less noticeable.
Which picture does she look best? Use a picture where her Down syndrome is less noticeable.

Is it common and c
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Is the D capitalized because the syndrome is named after someone? Yes, the doctor who discovered it.
That's why w say eg Parkinson's disease, eg Hansen's disease.

Grammatically speaking, how would you have written the sentence?
In which pi
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Reading this a wondered what the difference is, could you tell me?

How would you say it so that isn't rude?
How would you say it you're not rude?

Thank you
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CliveYes, the doctor who discovered it.
That explains it.
AnonymousReading this, I wondered what the difference is between the following sentences. Could you tell me? How would you say it so that isn't rude? How would you say it you're not rude?
Neither is good. Say How would you say it politely? or How woul
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