The Preamble of the 1987 Philippine Constitution goes:
"We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane society and establish a Government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution."
The subject, which is ‘we,’ is far removed from the verb phrase ‘do ordain and promulgate . . .’ Could it be that the Preamble is one stellar example of an annoying English grammar error?
Read Jose Carillo's column to know the answer.
"We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane society and establish a Government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution."
The subject, which is ‘we,’ is far removed from the verb phrase ‘do ordain and promulgate . . .’ Could it be that the Preamble is one stellar example of an annoying English grammar error?
Read Jose Carillo's column to know the answer.
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