"Here comes the bride." "Down came the rain." Ever notice these phrases are backward, with the verb before the subject?
It goes all the way back to Old English. And it never works with pronouns: "Here comes John," but not "Here comes he."
The best part is that we follow this "no pronoun" rule without even realizing it.
Check out the podcast for more!
WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOuZQ02r-Kg
READ: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/transcripts/grammar-girl/1228/
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
#GrammarGirl #podcast
Mignon Fogarty
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