Of people and actions

More word-endings to label people.

READER Shaoming Wang, in reference to my article “Of people and places” (MOE, June 18), noted “that there are no consistent rules to determine the ‘ending’, viz. seminarian, movie-goer, cyclist, attendee and the like, to describe people engaged in certain activities” and suggested that the topic be widened “to cover the people who go to events such as seminars, the movies, cycling tours, conferences and the like.”