How exactly do these kinds of compound words work?
"Okun's Law" and "Philips Curve" rather than "Okun Law" and "Philips' Curve"?
Is there any grammar book I can look for?
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Also see Why do we write “Fourier's law” but “Soret effect”?– chosterCommented Mar 19, 2018 at 14:17
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Hey, everyone, how is it fair to "equate" Fourier's law with Soret effect, please?– Robbie GoodwinCommented Mar 20, 2018 at 22:36
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There is no rule, different writers choose different styles. Without moving from my desk I can find the following examples of references to the same thing:
- Bayes Rule
- Bayes' Rule
- Bayes's Rule
and then the same all over again but calling it a theorem rather than a rule.
If the proper name is not in a possessive form, then sometimes the definite article is used, as in "The Bayes Rule" but even that is not standardised.
