Physics Student Earns PhD at Age 89

Re:Physics Student Earns PhD at Age 89 by silisili on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @12:12AM (#29076976)

All adjectives precede nouns in English. Brown the university is still an adjective in this sense.

There's really nothing to A/B test here. We, especially the media, don't refer to people as Brown the color.

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Re:Physics Student Earns PhD at Age 89 by perilunar on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @12:51AM (#29077232)

'Attorneys General' and 'Majors General' would indicate otherwise.

Also: president elect, poet laureate, devil incarnate, court martial, etc.

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Re:Physics Student Earns PhD at Age 89 by silisili on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @01:16AM (#29077359)

Fair examples. Every rule does have exceptions. But none that would make Brown in the title make one think it was a skin color because of English rules.

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