Is GAR a coordinating or subordinating conjunction?

Joe A. Friberg JoeFriberg at email.msn.com
Thu Dec 9 12:20:20 EST 1999


I just sent a post on this topic that I hope may be of help to your
question.  We have many common English words for causation, they are mostly
broad and overlapping, so there is a need to carefully define some technical
terms in this area before we can make much headway.

D&Ms reference to "emphasis" looks like some support for my suggestion re:
Discourse Prominence!

God Bless!
Joe Friberg


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael McCoy" <MMccoy7872 at cs.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 11:18 AM


> Maybe I am displaying complete ignorance here, so, it will be an
> opportunity for me to learn.  Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish
> between cause and reason in our English minds.  In their treatment of GAR,
> Dana and Mantey say nothing about the use of GAR to show cause (sec. 213),
> but it used to show ground or reason, to explain, or for emphasis.  If a
> N.T. writer intended to show cause, would he not have used OTI rather than
> GAR?  Does GAR not simply serve as a basis for a previous statement as if
> the writer were supporting his argument that he is making?  Could it be
> that the repetitive uses of GAR, in the Romans example, are used as a
basis
> for the same thing?  These are questions I have based upon what I have
> read.
>
>
> Michael McCoy
> Pastor, Little Elm Missionary Baptist Church
> Farmington, AR
>






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