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1. Zhongshan City lends its name to the great man of Sun Zhongshan.
2. Qinghai Lake, the largest salt-water lake in China, lends its name to the province of Qinghai.
I have these 2 sentences on Chinese grammar book, but I think it’s inconsistent with its logic. Actually, Sun Zhongshan is a famous person in China history, so the city “Zhongshan city” got its name in memory of Sun Zhongshan after he passed away. And Qinghai Lake is an ancient lake in Tang Dynasty, and the modern province “Qinghai” names after the lake. I am learning the short phrase “lend its name to”, I think the first sentence is wrong, it should be “Sun Zhongshan (a person’s name) lends his name to the famous city Zhongshan city, but I feel it sounds very weird. Could you please help me? It’s from a Chinese textbook idk why there is a mistake on it, or am I wrong? 🥺🥺
1. Zhongshan City lends its name to the great man of Sun Zhongshan.
2. Qinghai Lake, the largest salt-water lake in China, lends its name to the province of Qinghai.
I have these 2 sentences on Chinese grammar book, but I think it’s inconsistent with its logic. Actually, Sun Zhongshan is a famous person in China history, so the city “Zhongshan city” got its name in memory of Sun Zhongshan after he passed away. And Qinghai Lake is an ancient lake in Tang Dynasty, and the modern province “Qinghai” names after the lake. I am learning the short phrase “lend its name to”, I think the first sentence is wrong, it should be “Sun Zhongshan (a person’s name) lends his name to the famous city Zhongshan city, but I feel it sounds very weird. Could you please help me? It’s from a Chinese textbook idk why there is a mistake on it, or am I wrong? 🥺🥺
2. Qinghai Lake, the largest salt-water lake in China, lends its name to the province of Qinghai.
I have these 2 sentences on Chinese grammar book, but I think it’s inconsistent with its logic. Actually, Sun Zhongshan is a famous person in China history, so the city “Zhongshan city” got its name in memory of Sun Zhongshan after he passed away. And Qinghai Lake is an ancient lake in Tang Dynasty, and the modern province “Qinghai” names after the lake. I am learning the short phrase “lend its name to”, I think the first sentence is wrong, it should be “Sun Zhongshan (a person’s name) lends his name to the famous city Zhongshan city, but I feel it sounds very weird. Could you please help me? It’s from a Chinese textbook idk why there is a mistake on it, or am I wrong? 🥺🥺
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So, the textbook should instead say, "Zhongshan City gets its name from...." or "Zhongshan City got its name from...." or "Zhongshan City was named for...." and there are a few other ways to correctly state it. Oh, well, nobody is perfect; not even school textbooks contain mistakes. I'm glad you know enough of the history about the Zhongshans to catch the error.
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- İngilizce (ABD)
We have the same problem in English with the term "namesake". Some people would say that Zhongshan City is the namesake of Sun Zhongshan, whereas other people would say that Sun Zhongshan is the namesake of Zhongshan City. I think that either the author is confused about the time order, which came earlier, the city name or the historic personage's name, or the author meant "gets its name from". I think it is wise of you to question it.
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@JEBIII thank you for your answer. Actually, the Zhongshan city is a modern city, I think it got its name when Sun Zhongshan passed away. So I think the 1st sentence is wrong.
- İngilizce (ABD)
So, the textbook should instead say, "Zhongshan City gets its name from...." or "Zhongshan City got its name from...." or "Zhongshan City was named for...." and there are a few other ways to correctly state it. Oh, well, nobody is perfect; not even school textbooks contain mistakes. I'm glad you know enough of the history about the Zhongshans to catch the error.
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@JEBIII oh btw, I just realized you use the phrase “was named for”, I wonder if I could use “name after”, like “Zhongshan City names after Sun Zhongshan”? I don’t know if I’m correct
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@Felicityguoguo You are welcome, and I would say, "Zhongshan City was named after Sun Zhongshan." My mother might have said, "Zhongshan City was named for Sun Zhongshan". Both of us would be correct.
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