Of course we all know that when a personal pronoun is the object of a verb or a preposition, it must be an objective pronoun. My question here is about the choice of a nominative pronoun in the slogan of the solidarity movement for gender equality “He for She”. It sounds ungrammatical to me and … Read more
I have always wondered why the motto of the City of Orlando, FL (USA) is worded as The City Beautiful instead of The Beautiful City: Is The City Beautiful grammatically correct? If so, do you have examples of mottos or common phrases that use the adjective after the noun? Answer This is anastrophe, or more … Read more
Reading about an appeal turned down by the US Supreme Court, I see that the majority opinion on phrases such as “in God we trust” and “one nation under God” is that they are not affirmations of faith, but “a historic, nonreligious recognition of the faith of the nation’s founders in a higher power as … Read more
