So, "landmark" can be an historical event, also?

Question

I mean, since "landmark" is not only a place (a market, a beach, a library,p.e), can it also be an historical event or a date, I mean an "hito"? (april 4th., 2nd world war, Pope JP canonization, p.e).

yes it can - sorry to disagree with others below. - ian-hill, May 18, 2011

Answer 1

Aaahh, you want to be careful with this one - remember that in English, nouns are frequently used as adjectives. If you are talking about anything that is not a tangible object, you will want to use "landmark" as an adjective. If you say "roe vs wade is a landmark", it will be accepted in conversation, but not in a written essay. For a written report or scholarly assignment you would need to say "Roe vs Wade is a landmark decision"; "the Gettysburg Address was a landmark speech", etc. If you said "the Gettysburg Address was a landmark of the Civil War" in any formal writing, you would get some criticism.

Answer 2

rules are made to be broken

Answer 3

If you mean, in English, generally it's not used that way. There can be a "landmark decision", but not a landmark date.

I don't agree. 1066 was a landmark date for England. - ian-hill, May 18, 2011

You may write "landmark date"; please observe that is using the word "landmark" as an adjective describing what kind of date - Lector_Constante, May 18, 2011

Well the "date" is supurfluous - 1066 is obviously a "date" - at least to the English and French. - ian-hill, May 18, 2011

Answer 4

Yes... #2 in Tom's post could be considered a "Landmark in time".... marking a very important date.

This is a very figurative use well defined, to say a particular date is a "landmark" (rather than a landmark in time) is inviting criticism. - Lector_Constante, May 18, 2011

Answer 5

An example from wikipedia:

Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), was a landmark controversial decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion.

Please observe, landmark is used here as an adjective pertaining to decision not as a noun - Lector_Constante, May 18, 2011

Answer 6

"February l0, l949: a landmark date in the history of the American theatre. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller opened on Broadway."

Answer 7

1066 was a landmark date for England.

Answer 8

Strictly speaking, it is the event and not the date that is called a landmark.

Answer 9

There are landmark moments in history and landmark works of literature too.

LANDMARK - 1- an object or feature of a landscape or town that is easily seen and recognized from a distance.

? historical - the boundary of an area of land, or an object marking this.

2- an event, discovery, or change marking an important stage or turning point.

milestone, watershed, turning point, benchmark