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Clearly, the reputation of entitle as a verb that means “to give a name” is damaged by the other meaning of entitle—“to give a right.” And the adjective entitled isn’t helping either. So, while you technically are entitled to use the verb entitle in both its senses, a case can...
Thanks everybody, what confusing me is the meaning of entitled here
Some people who encounterentitledused of the name of a book or other work of art, as in "the book (was) entitled such-and-such," do not think that the word is entitled to such use, and that the definition of the verbentitle, meaning "to designate" or "to give atitleto," can on...
Thanks everybody, what confusing me is the meaning of entitled here
After much thought, the author titled her book. There is debate as to whether the 2 terms can be used interchangeably. Here is a summary of that debate: https://writingexplained.org/entitled-vs-titled-difference Entitled means “to give a name or title to.” For example,She wrote a ...