[B-Greek] hINA clauses

Jim West jwest at highland.net
Fri Mar 18 09:50:52 EST 2005



Carl W Conrad wrote:

>But in fact a result clause shows what happens as a consequence, not what
>the intent of the agent was. It is true that in Koine Greek the sharp
>difference between a purpose clause and a result clause has weakened
>considerably. The nature of the hOTI clauses really has nothing to do with
>the nature of the hINA clauses; they are not "because" clauses but rather
>substantive clauses:
>  
>
How can you separate the result from the cause of the agent?

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