Fixed that for you too. Sun is the proper name we give to our star, which is the general term, not sun. You're right about Sol though.Danny Ocean said:
The Sun and its name
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welcome to the 41st millenium.. there is no respite, there is no forgiveness there is only GRAMMMMMAAAAAAR NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZIIIIIIIS!Danny Ocean said:
As far as I'm concerned, a sun is a star with planets orbiting around it. Our sun is called Sol.
The Sun is the name given to our sun. It is already capitalised and it is grammatically correct when referring to our sun to use the word as such. Other words you can use would be Sol as that is a another more popular name for the Sun and derives from Latin giving us words like solar. The Sun in fiction is allowed to represent other suns as in the main life giving star in their Solar System as that is their Sun. Although it would not really be called that is we have the name Solar System from our sun. That is that planets life giving star. So if we ever colonise planets in the future the term Sun will be probably changed to the life giving star for that System and Sol will be a much more common place name especially in other systems.
Oh and for people saying Sol is not the proper name in English it is not the proper name but many other languages do have it as their name for the Sun.
Oh and for people saying Sol is not the proper name in English it is not the proper name but many other languages do have it as their name for the Sun.
Isn't our star "Sol"? Or just both Sol and Sun.
I demand that our planet be named Terra again, that's our planet's name in Latin.
I demand that our planet be named Terra again, that's our planet's name in Latin.
Actually, our sun's name is Sol, which is already capitalised. The star at the heart of a solar system is always referred to as being that system's sun, but it's actual name is still it's star designation, in our case Sol.
As long as we don't even further back than the Latin name of Terra, going to the Greek name of γη, which could be very easily mispronounced as gay, I'm good with classical naming of planets and things - Sol = awesome
*edit* although, I am fond of naming Terra, Luna and Sol after classical deities in command of them (Selene and Helios)
*edit* although, I am fond of naming Terra, Luna and Sol after classical deities in command of them (Selene and Helios)
Actually although it is the Latin name for the Sun it is also the proper name for the Sun in many languages and it the proper name for the sun. The Planetary system we live in isn't called the Solar System for nothing same as solar power. While it may not be the properly used in English as they are interchangeable. I am fairly sure the definition is something like Sun/Sol(S with a capital denoting our Sun) the star at the centre of the Solar System.Danny Ocean said:
No, I am correct. Look it up:Outright Villainy said:
Our Sun is a sun.
Our sun is The Sun. The definitive, archetypal sun.
The Sun is sometimes called Sol. They are clearly interchangeable. Although, I don't know a single person who calls The Sun 'Sol' rather than 'The Sun'.
This is nothing to do with grammar. This is an issue of pragmatics.Phototoxin said:
