both "named for" and "named after" are acceptable idioms; there is really no difference.
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itsmebharat wrote:Which one is correct ??
Even though Clovis points , spear points with longitudinal grooves chipped onto their faces, have been found all over north America, they are named for the new Mexico site where they were first discovered in 1932.
Even though Clovis points , spear points with longitudinal grooves chipped onto their faces, have been found all over north America, they are named after the new Mexico site where they were first discovered in 1932.
there are 2 things wrong here --
1) the question "which one is correct?" -- this seems to reveal an assumption that only one idiom can be correct in a given context. in other words, it seems that you think that, if one idiom is correct, then all possible alternatives must be wrong.
this is very much false -- in MOST cases, there will be a large number of correct ways in which things can be written. (this is why, even with the rules of formal english as stringent as they are, no two writers will have the same style.).
you must consider all idioms separately!
just because one idiom is correct, others don't have to be wrong!
2) go back and look at the OG problem in question (it's OG12 #98); this split does not exist in that question. the idiom used in all five choices is "named for".
in fact, the phrase "named after" does not occur anywhere in either OG12 or the OG verbal supplement, so there's no official justification for considering this split in the first place.
Ron has been teaching various standardized tests for 20 years.
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