Sawan is fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering

[GoodTaste]

Sawan, professor of Electrical Engineering at Polytechnique Montreal in Canada, is fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He is the world's pioneer in the application of microelectronics in biomedical science.

Source: China Daily

Should the phrase "Sawan is fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering" be "Sawan is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering"? The indefinite article (a) appears to be neccessay, I am not sure. I see in Wikipedia authors use "a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2001."

 

[Rover_KE]

I'd say 'a Fellow' would be correct there.

 

[GoodTaste]

I'd say 'a Fellow' would be correct there.

Does the capitalization of "f" show a special respect for the man's rank (that is, "Fellow" appears to show more respect than "fellow")?

 

[tedmc]

The name,"Fellow", is often used as a category of membership in a professional body which is higher than ordinary membership, meant for the senior and more accomplished members.

 

[Rover_KE]

Without the capital F, a fellow is a bloke/chap/dude/guy.

 

[GoodTaste]

Without the capital F, a fellow is a bloke/chap/dude/guy.

Oh. What an awkward mistake the China Daily has made.

 

[5jj]

It's a minor typo. No native speaker will misunderstand.

 

[emsr2d2]

It's a minor typo. No native speaker will misunderstand.

Nor will they care.

 

[jutfrank]

I think the lack of article is okay, provided Fellow is capitalised.

 

[GoodTaste]

Nor will they care.

Because they are busy in battling the rampant misinformation today.

 

[Tdol]

This is more likely poor editing than rampant misinformation. You'd be hard-pressed to see a world leader in their area as simply a good bloke who is a scientist.

 

[emsr2d2]

Because they are busy [strike]in[/strike] battling the rampant misinformation today.

It has nothing to do with that. It's just that the majority of readers wouldn't even notice, and the majority of those who notice won't care.