[Taxacom] proper use of "de" in a French name

[Sergio Martínez]

the same in Spanish (and there are: de, De, del, Del, de los, and De los).

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Carmine COLACINO
<carmine.colacino at unibas.it> wrote:
> Well, as the preposition "de" (and the related "di") can be found
>  also in Italian names, I think it may be of interest to know that in
>  Italian, differently from French or Portuguese,  the "de (or De) is
>  considered an integral part of the name, and is never dropped, at
>  least in modern usage (a few historical names dropped it, i.e.




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Dr. Sergio Martínez
Dpto. Evolución de Cuencas
Sección Paleoecología y Bioestratigrafía
Facultad de Ciencias
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Uruguay