Timeline for Grammatical Correctness of the Phrase "interpretations on _____"
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| Jun 17, 2020 at 8:40 | vote | accept | Publius Quinctilius Varus | ||
| Jun 16, 2020 at 12:18 | comment | added | Publius Quinctilius Varus | Ok, I see. Thank you. | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 17:07 | answer | added | jsw29 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 16:20 | history | edited | choster |
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| Jun 15, 2020 at 15:32 | comment | added | Greybeard | The first is a title "Historical interpretations on Napoleon". Titles and headlines are not subject to normal syntactical guidance - "Napoleon" in this context on means "on the subject of the life, times, and military and political history of Napoleon." in this use, "on" it is the same as "Historical interpretations on the Punic Wars." Or "An essay on Publius Quinctilius Varus." In your example 2, "on" would be inappropriate. __ Of carries the general meaning of "associated with" and your example 1 is correct. | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 12:02 | comment | added | Publius Quinctilius Varus | But the first source is an educational website with a page discussing Napoleon, and the second was an academic paper. | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 11:58 | comment | added | Publius Quinctilius Varus | From a wiktionary search (I copied and pasted the phrases in which the usage was present; I'm not exactly sure what context to give): "Historical interpretations on Napoleon" "New interpretations on Celtic and Non–Celtic personal names" | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 9:43 | comment | added | Greybeard | You say I have seen the word "on" being used on several occasions. Could you please give examples with the source and context? | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 9:06 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jun 15, 2020 at 8:57 | history | asked | Publius Quinctilius Varus | CC BY-SA 4.0 |