[B-Greek] predicative, attributive and case
James Forsyth
james at bigbeing.com.au
Tue Aug 12 20:54:34 EDT 2003
Hi B-Greek,
Apologies in advance for the basic question:
Is there a rule or guideline which assists in exceptions to translating the
predicate adjective construction? My feelings tell me that there may be,
and that it is dependent on case and whether the sentence makes sense in
English.
An example of the difficulty, in English, is as follows:
"We are going to the church is good on Sunday."
If all the elementary clues indicate that this should be translated as a
predicative (i.e. the article is not seen next to the adjective), what
guidelines are placed alongside this to prohibit a nonsensical translation
and bring us back to the attributive?
Thanks in advance,
James Forsyth
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