But using Democratic with certain pronouns just doesn't sound right.
e.g., "He is a Democratic" vs. "He is a Democrat"
Although one can drop the indefinite pronoun in the above
case and say "He is Democratic", that may imply certain
properties to the person in speech that may not be true.
The listener may understand "democratic" instead of
"Democratic". The person referred to may not be
"democratic" at all but may "fascist", "monarchist"
or "communist" in outlook, even though he may be a
member of the "Democratic Party".
I'm not certain how long the "certain number of years"
has been but I think I heard it used in a 1950s vintage
movie.
I also think that the shorter term is acceptable by
inference of other Greek suffixed words that end in
'cracy' and 'crat' e.g.,
A Bureaucrat who is a member of a Bureaucratic organization
or a Bureacracy.
An Autocrat who is a member of an Autocratic organization
or an Autocracy.
BT
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Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rosenblatt, joseph [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 4:05 PM
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> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Tuesday Humor : The story so far....
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>
> Denys Writes:
> >Senator Lieberman, the Democrat chairman of the senate investigation
> committee ...
> I am not arguing with whatever point Denys is trying to make.
> Denys like
> everyone else is entitled to an opinion and has the right to
> share it. I am
> even willing to believe that Senator Lieberman's feet are
> made of the same
> clay as all the other "leader's" feet.
> I take exception to his misuse of the Party name of Senator
> Lieberman's
> party.
> Certain people have been using Democrat, instead of
> Democratic, for a number
> of years now. There are two problems with its usage. The
> first is that it is
> grammatically incorrect for the same reason that calling a
> Republican a
> Republic or a Libertarian a Liberty is grammatically
> incorrect. The second
> reason is that the party's name is the Democratic Party.
> There is, to the
> best of my knowledge, no Democrat Party.
> I make think it is cute or clever to call you Bob but if that
> is not your
> name then I am only showing my ignorance and poor behavior.
> You have the
> right to go by your name no matter what it is. I do not have
> to like you or
> your thoughts to use your proper name. Calling someone by an
> incorrect name
> is childish, silly and totally beneath people capable of intellectual
> debate.
>
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