Timeline for What do you think about using an adjective before a person's name?
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| Feb 8, 2014 at 13:43 | comment | added | nxx | You could, if you meant that Michael Jones is dead. "The late" + name is so commonly used to mean "deceased" that you should avoid using the same construction to mean someone who is not punctual. | |
| Feb 8, 2014 at 2:12 | answer | added | anongoodnurse | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 8, 2014 at 1:19 | comment | added | Sai | That sort of seems acceptable because of the quotation marks. Could you say, "The late Michael Jones then entered the conference room with a wry smile on his face." | |
| Feb 8, 2014 at 1:12 | comment | added | GEdgar | If he arrives a few minutes after the meeting starts, we can refer to him as "the late Michael Jones." | |
| Feb 8, 2014 at 1:10 | history | asked | Sai | CC BY-SA 3.0 |