Pros

Donald L. Shaffer dshaf45917 at aol.com
Fri Jun 4 05:41:17 EDT 1999


On 06/03/99, ""Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>" wrote:
> 
> The input I was eager to get into this discussion with my long and pedantic
> response was that one really does well to START with what we are told by
> lexicons and grammars about the meanings of prepositions and particles
> before launching into a speculative wild goose chase.

It was *because* of starting with the lexicon that I went to using context. 
 The lexicon said that PROS was much more often translated as something 
else rather than "with."  I wanted to determine for myself whether it 
really meant "with" in a way that would exclude Him from being the one He 
was with.

Donald L. Shaffer



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