RE: suffix in or suffix to (a name)?

["Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>]

The options for the OP's question were "in" and "to."  I'd go with "to"
given those options.  Generally, searches tend to state something to the
effect, "enter the first name, middle initial, last name, and suffix if
applicable."  Or, "when searching the database, select a suffix from the
dropdown menu <or whatever> for names with suffixes."

Names can "have" suffixes, names may be searched "with" suffixes, for the
instruction from the OP's post, "When searching for a person with a suffix
in their name, do this," I would probably re-write the instruction to avoid
the "in" or "to" conundrum.  Maybe, "<Do this> for person's who have names
with suffixes."

I prefer simple expressions and I try to re-write phrases to use the fewest
words necessary rather than add more words to soften the sound of a
particular phrase.  Although, my writing may seem a little hard because it
lacks softening explanations, I prefer to think of it as straight-forward,
but that can be a preference issue.

Lauren 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Vickery [mailto:cvickery -at- arenasolutions -dot- com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 12:37 PM
> To: Lauren; Jill Mohan; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: suffix in or suffix to (a name)?
> 
> Saying someone "has a suffix to their name" sounds like the saying
> "hasn't a penny to his name". It definitely trips me up.
> 
> How about "when searching for a person with a suffix appended to their
> name"? or "when searching for someone whose name contains a suffix"?
> Both sound better to me.
> 
> Chris
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: techwr-l-bounces+cvickery=arenasolutions -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+cvickery=arenasolutions -dot- com -at- lists -dot- tec
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> On Behalf Of Lauren
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 12:04 PM
> To: 'Jill Mohan'; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: suffix in or suffix to (a name)?
> 
> I'd go with "to."  Words have suffixes and prefixes and I 
> wouldn't refer
> to
> a prefix being "in" a word, but a prefix "to" a word.  A suffix to a
> word or
> a suffix to a name should be refered the same way as a prefix.
> 
> Lauren 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: techwr-l-bounces+lauren=writeco -dot- net -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com 
> > [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lauren=writeco -dot- net -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> > ] On Behalf Of Jill Mohan
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 8:14 AM
> > To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> > Subject: suffix in or suffix to (a name)?
> > 
> > When searching for a person with a suffix in their name, do this.
> > 
> > or
> > 
> > When searching for a person with a suffix to their name, do this.
> > 
> > Anybody know which is correct - either grammatically or 
> > human-intelligence-wise?
> > 
> > The snob in me says that the masses would prefer to read the first
> > rendering, but that the second rendering is the proper one.
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