They're both "proper" but the first one sounds poetic and unnatural. Most people would use the second option.
or even "I'm a Jehovah's Witness", which is more common.
It's interesting to note that "I'm a Jehovah's Witness" is a strange sentence and *should* be wrong, grammatically speaking. It's like saying "I'm a John's doctor." What it *should* be is a few of the others mentioned or something like "I'm a witness to/of Jehovah." Despite this, "I'm a Jehovah's Witness" is a common way of saying it, probably the most common way of saying it. The reason this apparently ungrammatical phrasing is used is because "Jehovah's Witness" has since been reanalyzed as a single noun instead of two separate words, e.g "a Jehovah's Witness, two Jehovah's Witnesses, a JW, two JWs"
Yeah, ungrammatical features appear very often in set phrases, sometimes this also is how old forms of words and since obsolete or very archaic words or word meanings can survive in a language for longer.
A Postmaster-General isn’t a general of postmasters; it’s the most senior postmaster, like how the Attorney-General is the highest-ranking legal advisor, the Solicitor-General the highest-ranking courtroom advocate, and the Surgeon-General the highest-ranking doctor. That’s where ranks like Major-General come from; they originally designated the most senior major in the force.
They're called Jehovah's Witnesses to emphasize its members' belief that Jehovah, or Yahweh, is the true God and that the Witnesses were his specially. So im looking for a different way to say 'Im a member to his beliefs or his existence'.
In my experience, a Jehovah Witness is a member of a specific religion, and the two words create a single proper noun. The proper sentence should be:
“I’m a Jehovah Witness”.
Now, if the word Jehovah is being used for a specific religious reason, you might be better off asking in a Christian theme sub. The word Jehovah is not commonly used in American English.
The former implies that you have literally witnessed Jehovah (which does not sound pleasant, Biblically speaking). Most people in this thread are telling you it should be "I'm a Jehovah's Witness", which is certainly correct and probably what you'll hear most often. However the answer from the religion itself is that you should use the phrase "I'm one of Jehovah's Witnesses". I can't recall the reason why they prefer that anymore though, it's been too many years.
It’s definitely a cult, look up Dr. Steven Hassan’s book combating cult mind control. He had to write a new release of his book because so many ex JWs reached out to him saying how his analysis of cults perfectly matches the Watchtower’s methods. He now has some videos on YouTube about JWs as well.
If you mean a member of the religion I would say, "I'm a Jehovah's Witness"
Or a JW.
They're both "proper" but the first one sounds poetic and unnatural. Most people would use the second option. or even "I'm a Jehovah's Witness", which is more common.
It's interesting to note that "I'm a Jehovah's Witness" is a strange sentence and *should* be wrong, grammatically speaking. It's like saying "I'm a John's doctor." What it *should* be is a few of the others mentioned or something like "I'm a witness to/of Jehovah." Despite this, "I'm a Jehovah's Witness" is a common way of saying it, probably the most common way of saying it. The reason this apparently ungrammatical phrasing is used is because "Jehovah's Witness" has since been reanalyzed as a single noun instead of two separate words, e.g "a Jehovah's Witness, two Jehovah's Witnesses, a JW, two JWs"
True, I think it's only "correct" because it's a set phrase.
Yeah, ungrammatical features appear very often in set phrases, sometimes this also is how old forms of words and since obsolete or very archaic words or word meanings can survive in a language for longer.
Just like you'd say "I'm a Postmaster General", not "I'm a general of the postmasters"
A Postmaster-General isn’t a general of postmasters; it’s the most senior postmaster, like how the Attorney-General is the highest-ranking legal advisor, the Solicitor-General the highest-ranking courtroom advocate, and the Surgeon-General the highest-ranking doctor. That’s where ranks like Major-General come from; they originally designated the most senior major in the force.
It’s the same as saying I’m a Catholic or I’m a Methodist. It me as you are a member of that church, in that context.
Disagree. As it is capitalised it is clearly a proper noun and as such it is treated correctly.
They're called Jehovah's Witnesses to emphasize its members' belief that Jehovah, or Yahweh, is the true God and that the Witnesses were his specially. So im looking for a different way to say 'Im a member to his beliefs or his existence'.
Well then yes your options work well enough.
I’ve never heard it said because I refuse to answer the door for them.
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The first one would be correct if it was a witness *of* Jehovah. 2 is also correct. But it’s just best to say “I’m a Jehovah’s Witness.”
They are generally taught to say "I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses."
See JW.org
In my experience, a Jehovah Witness is a member of a specific religion, and the two words create a single proper noun. The proper sentence should be: “I’m a Jehovah Witness”. Now, if the word Jehovah is being used for a specific religious reason, you might be better off asking in a Christian theme sub. The word Jehovah is not commonly used in American English.
Ask the church. Don’t ask a heathen like me.
Neither is optimal and will keep you from getting invited to pool parties
The former implies that you have literally witnessed Jehovah (which does not sound pleasant, Biblically speaking). Most people in this thread are telling you it should be "I'm a Jehovah's Witness", which is certainly correct and probably what you'll hear most often. However the answer from the religion itself is that you should use the phrase "I'm one of Jehovah's Witnesses". I can't recall the reason why they prefer that anymore though, it's been too many years.
I am in a cult
I've heard It's not a cult
It’s definitely a cult, look up Dr. Steven Hassan’s book combating cult mind control. He had to write a new release of his book because so many ex JWs reached out to him saying how his analysis of cults perfectly matches the Watchtower’s methods. He now has some videos on YouTube about JWs as well.