Wikipedia and other sources tend to use “the Fediverse”, but I’ve also seen just “Fediverse”. From what I know, it depends on whether the term is a proper name or just the name of a unique thing. Could someone please explain how do you think the term should be properly named and why?

  • @AgreeableLandscape
    4•3 years ago

    The Fediverse is a proper noun though, so I always thought it would have similar grammatical rules as “the UK” or “the US”.

    • Serge TarkovskiOPM
      3•3 years ago

      Those are rather plural, so the use of “the” is a bit more clear to me in this case.

        • Serge TarkovskiOPM
          2•3 years ago

          Technically “kingdom” isn’t plural, but means something like “a big group of people” or so, so sort of plural. “Republic” has a similar meaning IMO. Of course it’s just my interpretation as I wanted some logic behind all those tricky rules about when to use articles.

          • @AgreeableLandscape
            4•3 years ago

            Technically “kingdom” isn’t plural, but means something like “a big group of people” or so, so sort of plural.

            So is the Fediverse though.

            I think you can also think of it as “the Mississippi River”.