Monday, January 14, 2019

 

Passive Periphrastic

George Will, "Referenda Delenda Est," National Review (January 13, 2019).

Referendum delendum est, or Referenda delenda sunt, but not, please, the ungrammatical Referenda delenda est, even if you want the reader to recall Carthago delenda est.



<< Home
Newer›  ‹Older

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?