How to refer an entity that has name in a shortened way?

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For instance,

The Games-X

vs

The X-Games

In the first one, I would say that it could be a shortened way to say the "The Games named X" or the "The Games which name is X"

But in the second one "X" is the adjective giving the quality "X" to the noun "Games"

I’m asking this because some times, when writing stuff related to computer programming, I use both ways:

The method Foo is an instance function of the class Bar

and

The Foo method is an instance function of the Bar class

Which one is the correct way?

In the first sentence, "Foo" and "Bar" are the ones that are a "method" and a "class" respectively

In the second sentence, "method" and "class" are the ones which names are "Foo" and "Bar"

Are you actually talking about the X games or are you just using X as a placeholder? If the latter is the case, you might want to use a different term. xgames.espn.go.com — Catija, Commented Mar 13, 2015 at 19:05
@Catija I'm using X games as an example, because X can be either an adjective or the name of the noun, like in X-rays — rraallvv, Commented Mar 13, 2015 at 19:10
I feel like the first use example is more of an appositive without commas... — Catija, Commented Mar 13, 2015 at 19:16
I think, in writing for programming purposes, your first example is perfectly acceptable and used often... but I'd guess the second is as well... stackoverflow.com/questions/1762319/… — Catija, Commented Mar 13, 2015 at 19:18

Darius Miliauskas · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-13 19:45:11Z

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The method Foo is acceptable in the context of programming. You can also add quotes: The method "Foo".

answered Mar 13, 2015 at 19:45

Darius Miliauskas

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