English Grammars

David Haeuser haeuser at mail.cosapidata.com.pe
Tue Dec 29 07:29:32 EST 1998


Dear John,

If you can get a hold of it, you might consider A Short Syntax of New
Testament Greek, by Nunn, originally published by Cambridge in 1924. The
book opens with a glossary of grammatical terms, and follows with a 24 page
summary of English grammar before getting into the Greek grammar and a few
readings from the Apostolic Fathers etc.

David Haeuser
MSELP
Lima, Peru

-----Original Message-----
From: Thikka at aol.com <Thikka at aol.com>
To: Biblical Greek <b-greek at franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Monday, December 28, 1998 10:05 PM
Subject: English Grammars


>      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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