Timeline for Quotation marks around people names after “He is called” or "His name is"
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| Mar 3, 2022 at 14:35 | comment | added | Jay | As long as you're referring to a specific individual, we don't put quote marks or set the name off in any other way. All three of your examples would not use quotes. "He is addressed as Zeus" would not use quotes. Ditto for any other variation I can think of that is still talking about one specific person. The only time I can think of when you use quotes is when you talk about a name without referring to a specific person. (I can't swear that there are no exceptions to this. Happy to hear if someone has one.) | |
| Mar 3, 2022 at 13:12 | comment | added | AKd | That's clear. What about such variation—He is addressed as Zeus? The same approach? | |
| Mar 3, 2022 at 13:10 | vote | accept | AKd | ||
| Mar 3, 2022 at 8:17 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | I would suggest that quotes are unnecessary in all three examples. My old car is affectionately called Edith My cat is called Zeus because he is the ruler of this house. | |
| Mar 3, 2022 at 6:16 | comment | added | AKd | Thank you for clarification. Does this apply to the other two examples in my question? Especially to the third one, which is not just an introduction of a person. | |
| Mar 3, 2022 at 6:02 | history | answered | Jay | CC BY-SA 4.0 |