[B-Greek] Interrogative Imperatives?

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Thu Jun 2 21:10:55 EDT 2005


On Fri, 3 Jun 2005 07:43:45 +0900 (KST) <moon at sogang.ac.kr> writes:
>   
> Hi, 
>   
> In Greek, are there "interrogative third person imperatives", 
> imperatives 
>   used as&nbsp; questions. For example, "Let her go home" is an 
> imperative. 
>   
> Are there cases where &nbsp;"let her go home?" makes sense in 
> Greek?
>   
> In the case of "The children&nbsp;should go&nbsp;home",&nbsp; its 
> question 
>   form 
>   
> "should the children go home?" makes sense. 
>   
> But what about "let the children go home"?&nbsp; 
>   
> The answer to this question comes down to finding instances&nbsp;of 
> the 
>   use.&nbsp;Are there?
>   
> Sincerely 
>   
> Moon Jung
> Sogang University, 
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Perhaps it's a lack of imagination on my part, but an "interrogative
imperative" sounds like a griffin to me -- i.e. a beast made up of
disparate (and incompatible) parts.

george
gfsomsel
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