Zaraki.5784 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 I'm asking this to english people (or anyone more comfortable with english than me). From what I know of english language, the title should have been "Eternal War" so why switching words? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrilana.1396 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 It can go either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanBB.4268 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 I'm not sure what you are referring to -- is this the title of an upcoming release? Either way, it is just creative use of language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susy.7529 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 > @"DeanBB.4268" said: > I'm not sure what you are referring to -- is this the title of an upcoming release? > > Either way, it is just creative use of language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haleydawn.3764 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Both words can be placed either side of each other, directly impacting how much emphasis is on the first word compared to the second. “Eternal War” is kind of singular, you’re saying “*that* war is eternal”. “War Eternal” would imply never ending wars of various scales. In a state of War, rather than *a* War. Atleast that how I read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben K.6238 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 "War eternal" does make sense in English, but it's not something you'd use in common speech - placing an adjective after its corresponding noun is no longer done in modern English. The archaic word order looks poetic in this case, but in most cases would look like bad grammar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 It's akin to, say, 'Life Everlasting'. Just a more poetic, or interesting way of expressing a thought or naming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancho.8750 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 For the less musically inclined individuals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mDane.7182 Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Like everybody said, the literal meaning is never-ending or everlasting war. But, It could also be alluding (not sure if that is the right word to use here) to an open ended "ending" since the war never ends, the story never ends too :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanity Obscure.6054 Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Think of it like there is a "the" in front of it. Basically, it's overly formal old English, putting emphasis on the subject first rather than the description of it, and it's thought provoking as it is poetic, as someone mentioned above. "The" War(,) Eternal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 > @"Inculpatus cedo.9234" said: > It's akin to, say, 'Life Everlasting'. Just a more **poetic** [...] This. > @"Vancho.8750" said: > For the less musically inclined individuals > :+1: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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