• maegul (he/they)@lemmy.mlEnglish
    241·
    2 years ago

    Well, “Web Developer” is effectively a compound (like in German, we do the same thing but often just keep the spaces between the words).

    With a compound, the connection between the words sometimes has to be inferred, usually by inserting an appropriate preposition.

    Usually, something like “Developer on the Web” would probably be what we understand.

    In TBL’s case … it’s “Developer OF the Web”.

    • entropicdriftEnglish
      11·
      2 years ago

      I think it’s a little more idiomatic (at least where I’m from in the US) to specify this difference as, “a web developer” vs “the web’s developer”

        • entropicdriftEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          We absolutely are saying the same thing. I was just talking about what sounds more regular in English, at least to this American