0
Ann225 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Seal/stamp of validity

Hi,

“Getting married gives your relationship a seal/stamp of validity.”

I heard this in an interview. The actress who said it used ‘seal’, but I was wondering if ‘stamp’ would work too.

Thank you.

  

Top answer

To me, "stamp of validity" is the more familiar phrase. Google Ngrams is good for these kinds of questions. content=seal+of+validity%2Cstamp+of+validity&year_start=1900&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3

— GPY

  • To me, "stamp of validity" is the more familiar phrase.
  • Google Ngrams is good for these kinds of questions.
  • content=seal+of+validity%2Cstamp+of+validity&year_start=1900&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

1 Answers
0

To me, "stamp of validity" is the more familiar phrase. Google Ngrams is good for these kinds of questions. You can see in the graph below that "stamp" is more frequent, but "seal" exists too:

0

Related Questions