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> Rather, "Nobody Will Admit that A Novel about Football is the Best Novel of Our Generation". It’s interesting to me that I staunchly agree with your correcti
by runnerup 4y ago
> Rather, "Nobody Will Admit that A Novel about Football is the Best Novel of Our Generation".
It’s interesting to me that I staunchly agree with your correction, and your interpretation of the original title. I unthinkingly parsed the original title to mean exactly this (to mean the corrected version) and didn’t ever consider its “incorrect” literal meaning.
It makes me wonder if the original title uses a widespread sub-dialect of English grammar which I’ve subconsciously picked up.
Or if it’s just always been common to rearrange words inconsistently/arbitrarily and we learn to rearrange them as correctly as we can manage.
- kelnos 4y agoInteresting, I interpreted it in the "revised" wording the grandparent used. I didn't think it should be interpreted literally. It seems absurd that someone would say "this is the best novel of our generation", and then, despite the fact that it is obviously about football, deny that it's about football. So it seemed unlikely that the title should be interpreted literally like that.