MELLW followed by Present

Maurice A. O'Sullivan mauros at iol.ie
Wed Nov 13 06:21:51 EST 2002


At 06:50 13/11/2002, Dale Noonan wrote:

>What is it about MELLW that seems to call for
>a present tense verb to complete the action?

Dale:
You might like to read what Smyth's Greek Grammar has to say on this.
Go to:  http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:abo:sec,00001
and enter 1959 in the search box.

You will notice that Smyth distinguishes between MELLW + present infinitive 
as a verb of _will_ and future inf. as a verb of _thinking_


Maurice A. O'Sullivan  [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros at iol.ie







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