[B-Greek] 1 Peter 1:15
Jim West
jwest at highland.net
Mon Jan 3 13:02:20 EST 2005
At 12:55 PM 1/3/2005, you wrote:
>Charles:
>
>What got my attention in earlier discussions of this
>was your contention that GINOMAI could be translated
>as an Active (incorrectly seconded by Dr. West).
The only incorrect claims made heretofore is that which suggested that the
middle form (deponent) must be translated middle / passive.
>I
>think you misunderstood the statement made about
>personal and impersonal subjects. With impersonal
>subjects, there cannot be an Active Voice sense quite
>naturally. When the subject is participating in the
>action, the semantics of the voice will be Middle,
>never Active (with any Deponent verb).
Incorrect. See any of the standard grammars, which you must of course have.
Jim
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