Conjunction agreement after neither/nor and weder/noch clauses in English and German

I have been doing some translating recently and have been having difficulty rendering sentences like this in English: Weder die Historie, die beweist, daß Jesu tatsächlich gelebt hat, noch die Tradition der Kirche, die solches immer schon gelehrt hat, kann und soll dieses Paradox einsichtig machen. I tend to settle with something like this: Neither …

In Defence of the Nominative Me

In many registers of spoken English, it has become acceptable usage to say "me and you did this," etc, that is, using "me," typically the accusative or dative form of "I," in the nominative, though only when there is more than one subject. It is rarely said "me did this," because these rules tend to …

Gender-neutral Alternatives to “Man”

While gradually falling out of use, the general "man" is still sometimes used in various registers of English. So, "Man is a political animal." My favourite example is its use in Jurassic Park, which also demonstrates its limits by poking fun at it at the same time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEOxq7aVKh4 Appreciation of the general "man" is especially …