English Grammars

Thikka at aol.com Thikka at aol.com
Mon Dec 28 19:35:53 EST 1998


      Dear B-Greekers,
       I am attempting to learn Biblical Greek and finding that my knowledge
of English grammar isn't entirely up to the task. Most of the authors who
write books about  NT Greek do a fabulous job of describing grammatical
terminology, but I would like to study English grammar more thoroughly so that
I won't have to wait until I learn Greek
before truely comprehending English grammar. Yet, many of the authors who
write tomes about English grammar are either too complicated-like the work by
Huddleston which I have looked at-or so easy that I half expect to hear the
voice of Mr. Rogers intoning, " Can you say, " noun" ? Moreover, some authors
will throw around terms like "kernal clause" and "finite clause" while other
authors never seem to mention these two concepts but, instead, use terminology
which is different in its own odd way. In brief, is there a grammar which is
consistent enough in its description of terms and concepts that, as I begin my
study of Greek, it will help rather than hinder me in my pursuit of
proficiency in understanding Greek and English.
      Thanks for your consideration of this question and a happy New Year to
all.  
      John Francis Avellar



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