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Originally Posted by HarryT
Hmmm - interesting question; you mean treat it like "mensa"? As it happens, his name could be declined, but what would you do with "U2" or "Garth Brooks"? I suspect that in practical terms, their policy of not declining proper names is the correct one, although you noted, I presume, the use of "Aedes Albae" (in the accusative form) for "White House"?  |
From a practical point of view, I have to agree with you. And it's not like I would know how to do the declensions correctly (or even recognize them) anyway. The only language I've actually studied that had declensions was Sanskrit, and that was rather a long time ago. (I remember that at that time, the idea of modifying someone's name because of the grammatical role it held in the sentence seemed really jarring. I've had some time to get used to it since then.)