The wages of sin
The wages of sin is Death.I vividly recall seeing this as a kid on a church placard and thinking, "Wait a minute. There's something wrong with that." Of course, agreement of number is what's wrong,...
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"The wages of sin are death, but after taxes are taken out, it's just a tired feeling." -- Paula PoundstoneIs it true, as some argue, that in the 16th century, the predicate nominative would take...
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The OED2 notes (in the entry for "wage, n.") that "The pl. was formerly often construed as sing." and gives examples running from 1388 (Wyclif's Bible, this very passage) through the 1730s (Jethro...
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Quote:I'm a firm believer in the inerrancy of the King James version of the Bible--as regards early 17th century English.Quite so. Then there are the later grammarians who delighted in finding errors...
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My mother once read me a newspaper account of a rabbi who was getting threats for something or other that I can't remember probably a political position that he supported. Someone phoned him up and...
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"The wages of sin is fun."(sighs wistfully, clutching his hot-water-bottle and twitching in his bath chair)
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"You can't get good sins these days. I expect it's the wages." --Peter Cook as the Devil in Bedazzled.
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