> I wonder if we might be seeing a rare construction in which the subject is
> brought to the front to emphasise it or bring it into focus. Both of these
> are from pretty heavily emphatic contexts.*
They're also both from invitations. Perhaps like {-jaj} with toasts,
{qaS} on invitations follows special grammar.
It could be a little bit like the Time: Occasion: style.Americans have at least one special rule for invitations. On formal invitations they spell honour correctly. I have no idea why. Perhaps when Webster decreed that Americans spelled things without the (u), the rich had tonnes of "request the honour of your presence" pre-engraved cards and it became a tradition.
- Qov
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