Содержание
На практике
Ex- | Former |
---|
ex-wife (ex) | |
ex-husbund (ex) | |
ex-boyfriend | |
ex-girlfriend | |
| former spouse |
| former couple |
ex-president (в заголовках для экономии места) | former president (в основном тексте) |
Ex-Army Lieutenant (в заголовках для экономии места) | former army lieutenant (в основном тексте) |
ex-military | former military |
ex-Marine (уволен с лишением прав и привелегий) | former Marine / veteran Marine (уволен с положительной характеристикой) |
«Ex-wife—former wife», «ex-president—former president»
«Ex-» не содержит негатива:
Eddie Murphy and Girlfriend Paige Butcher Join His Ex-Wife Nicole Murphy at Premiere of Daughter Bria's New Movie
В заголовке | В тексте |
---|
Retired NYPD lieutenant slashes domestic violence officer ex-wife’s neck over argument about picking kids up | This is the second time Vincent Curulli, 49, has been charged with abusing his former spouse, who is a retired NYPD domestic violence officer, officials said. |
US congress to put limits on ex-presidents’ budgets | On Friday the US congress voted to place limits on expense accounts allotted to former presidents. |
Ex-Army Lieutenant Colonel Charged with Collecting Pay While in Prison | A former lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve was arrested Friday after officials said they learned he collected military paychecks while locked up in Kansas’ Fort Leavenworth prison for assault. |
Ex-Marine dies in shootout after killing three Baton Rouge police officers and wounding three more | A decorated (награжденный знаками отличия) former US Marine sergeant opened fire on police in Baton Rouge on Sunday, killing three officers, nearly two weeks after the fatal police shooting of a black man there sparked nationwide protests, including one shattered by the massacre of five Dallas policemen. |
“Once a Marine, Always a Marine”
«Former Marine» относится к тому, кто ранее участвовал в боевых действих или служил в резерве. Выражение «ex-Marine» — табу для самих морпехов, но допустимо для заголовков в СМИ.
Примеры |
---|
The Baton Rouge victims: A new dad, an ex-Marine and a father of four |
Написание «ex-», «former», «then»
«Ex» в значении «бывший» пишется с дефисом.
Примеры |
---|
ex-champion |
ex-president |
ex-tennis player |
a Communist ex-member |
an ex-Communist member |
ex-Governor Patricia B. Kellogg |
ex-farmer |
В латинских или смешанных с латинскими словами сочетаниях «ex» пишется без дефиса.
Пример | Значение |
---|
ex officio | по долгу службы |
ex officio chairman | председатель по должности |
ex cathedra | авторитетно |
ex dividend | без дивиденда |
ex parte | в одностороннем порядке |
ex post facto | имеющий обратную силу |
«Former» и «then» пишутся без дефиса.
Примеры |
---|
former president Carter |
former President Ronald Reagan |
former presidents Reagan and Ford |
The former Soviet Union |
the former first lady |
the then secretary of state Colin Powell |
The then President
Используйте «then» (тогдашний, в то время), предпочтительно без дефиса, для обозначения роли лица в описываемых обстоятельствах прошлого.
Примеры |
---|
In a six‒page memo marked secret and personal, the then British prime minister told Bush, US president at the time, in July 2002 that the removal of Saddam Hussein would “free up the region” even if Iraqis may “feel ambivalent about being invaded” and could well fight back. |
«The first—the second» вместо «the former—the latter»
«The first», «the second» понятны.
Примеры |
---|
You have the option of one or two bedrooms. The first choice allows room for a small bathroom. |
«The former», «the latter» формальны.
Примеры |
---|
Guy had studied Greek and philosophy at Oxford and had continued to have an interest in the latter subject. |
«The first…the last»
Если перечисляемых объектов больше двух, используйте «the first…the last».
Примеры |
---|
Our flag is red, white, and blue. My son likes the first color, my daughter the last. |
«Late» — «покойный»
Употребляется для обозначения недавно ушедшего из жизни человека.
Примеры |
---|
He made a donation to the school in memory of his late wife. |
(The Chicago Manual of Style. © 2006, 2007, 2010 by The University of Chicago)
(The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage. Copyright © 2015 by The New York Times Company)
(Collins COBUILD English Grammar. © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2002, 2005, 2011)
(Style Guide. Copyright © The Economist Newspaper Limited 2016)
(The National Geographic Style Manual. Copyright © 2016 National Geographic Partners, LLC)