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In article <773901048.AA04647@clone.his.com>,
Edward Rice <edward.rice@his.com> wrote:
>
>Well, I disagree with much of what you say (except for your right to say it, of
>course).  First of all, the name of the county is "Fairfax," not "Fairfax
>County," so it's /correct/ to call something "in Fairfax" when it's in the
>county.

The name of the county is `County of Fairfax'.

>Second, the correct name for the city /is/ "City of Fairfax," so referring to
>something that is in the city as merely "in Fairfax" is incorrect, although
>people do it occasionally.
>
>These two facts can be independently corroborated, although perhaps not through
>the facilities of your fledgling journalistic institution.
>
>
>  BW> George Mason University is nearly universally called Fairfax or even
>  BW> Fairfax City, but it's actually just outside the city borders.
>
>That's a special case -- a (very, very small) fraction of the campus is
>actually in Fairfax City, and much of the campus border on the north touches
>Fairfax City.  If you would not have people call it "Fairfax" /or/ "Fairfax
>City," then what would you wish?  "Eastern Missouri"?

True. There are also campuses in Arlington County (@ Virginia Square
Metro) and Prince William County.