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Yoong Liat Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

titled vs entitled

0 00 I've read the book 01b00entitled / titled 02b00"Old Man and the Sea".02br
00Which word should I use?02br
00Thanks in advance.02br
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0 I'd simply say "I've read 01i 00Old Man and the Sea"02i 00, but if you must choose, I'd use "titled". 0-

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  • 0 I'd simply say "I've read 01i 00Old Man and the Sea"02i 00, but if you must choose, I'd use "titled".
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0 I'd simply say "I've read 01i00Old Man and the Sea"02i00, but if you must choose, I'd use "titled". 0-
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite10 I've read the book 11b10entitled / titled 12b10"Old Man and the Sea".12br
10Which word should I use?12br
10Thanks in advance.12br
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10I would use neither, but say "I've read a book 01b00called02b00 'The
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite10 I've read the book 11b10entitled / titled 12b10"Old Man and the Sea".12br
10Which word should I use?12br
10Thanks in advance.12br
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10Heh, good question. The Oxford Advanced L. D. says they have the same meaning, but the Long
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite11blockquote
11cite20Yoong Liat22cite20 I've read the book 20entitled / titled 20"Old Man and the Sea".22br
20Which word should I use?22br
20Thanks in advance.22br
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20Heh, good question. The Oxford Advanced
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0Hi,02br
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00If I may be fussy, I believe the full title is '01b00The02b00Old Man and the Sea'.05002br
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00Clive010id1
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01cite10Clive12cite10Hi,12br
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10If I may be fussy, I believe the full title is '11b10The12b10Old Man and the Sea'.15012br
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10Clive12br
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10I'm forgetful. Yes, you're right.. It's 01b00'02b00The Old Man a
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0 They are both used, but in BrE you may want to look at the BBC stats for relative frequency and use 01b00entitled02b00:02br
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00 158 from bbc.co.uk for "book titled"02br
00 848 from bbc.co.uk for "book entitled"02br
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00 1,590 from nytimes.com for "book titled"02br
00 1,220 from nytimes.com for
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10They are both used, but in BrE you may want to look at the BBC stats for relative frequency and use 11b10entitled12b10:12br
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10 158 from bbc.co.uk for "book titled" ---> 11b11font108712font12b12br
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0 I will continue to use Google as I please until they change it. 0-
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0Hi guys,02br
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01font00The number of results Google gives you on the first page . . . could even be wrong by 10,000% sometimes02font02br
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00I didn't know this. Do you mean Google has an error in its actul counting? Can you please explain a bit more?02br
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00Thanks, Clive0-
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