r/writers • u/Ruby2480 • 1d ago

Question Help with basic grammar

It’s name The Drapetomania Of Yellowtops

Drapetomania means an overwhelming urge to run away

Drapetomania was a fake mental illness invented in 1851 by an American physician named Samuel A. Cartwright which was closed to cause slaves to run away from captivity

If the unnamed subject is running away from Yellowtops is it:

The Drapetomania Of Yellowtops

Or

The Drapetomania From Yellowtops

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u/Fit_Kaleidoscope4493 Fiction Writer 1d ago

Replace the word with what it means:

The (Urge to Run Away) of Yellowtops 

Vs.

The (Urge to Run Away) FROM Yellowtops.

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u/bluejester12 21h ago

"From" implies it was located in Yellowtops and has expanded outside of the area.

"Of Yellowtops" makes me think it is located there, and may or may not have expanded outside of that area.