Trivial (but interesting?) grammatical question

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Sat Feb 5 11:43:23 EST 2000


In a message dated 2/5/2000 11:20:41 AM Central Daylight Time, Rleedy at bju.edu 
writes:

<< 
 The question is how to view the grammatical function of a nominative
 substantive with a first- or second-person verb. For example, I Cor
 10:17 has a clause hOI GAR PANTES EK TOU hENOS ARTOU METECOMEN. 
  >>

Paul has elsewhere stated that he was of the tribe of Benjamin. Benjamin = 
BN_YaMIN = southerner. This just proves it.  He uses the equivalent of 
"Y'all" in the 1st pl. :-) .  Just kidding, folks.

Seriously though. Understanding this as the equivalent to "all of us" seems 
entirely natural -- so much so that I wouldn't give it a second thought.  

gfsomsel



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