All of this talk about a pandemic made me want to know more about its definition. “Demic” (or deme or demos from Greek) is often defined as a district. When you add the prefix “epi,” we find definitions that refer to a disease affecting many people but, again, on a somewhat localized basis, affecting a region or community. By using the prefix “pan” instead of epi; however, the word now refers to a much larger geographical area – a country, a continent, or the world. The prefix “pan” comes from the Greek for “all,” so this use of pandemic to describe our current situation makes sense.
Very well put!
Thanks, Pat. And now that I think about it, I can see why PanAm chose that name.
Good to know! “all districts”
Your Blogs are so interesting. I have a question we have first person and third person what ever happened to the 2nd person?
I think:
First person is from the perspective of the individual (ie: I or my)
Second person is from the perspective of the receiver (ie: you or yours)
Third person is from the perspective of the “other” (ie: he, she or their)
There is a 2nd person actually –
Second person is a point of view (how a story is told) where the narrator tells the story to another character using the word ‘you.