[B-Greek] thank you Carl,

John VanRietschoten jvanriet1 at mts.net
Mon Nov 14 22:51:28 EST 2005


Carl Conrad wrote,

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Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 13:55:09 -0500
From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at ioa.com>
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] vulgar examples
To: John VanRietschoten <jvanriet1 at mts.net>
Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
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On Nov 12, 2005, at 12:45 PM, John VanRietschoten wrote:

> Carl Conrad wrote the following apparently himself forgetting what  
> he rightly tells us: to stay with the Greek. I object to Carl's  
> vulgar examples be it in the German or any other language.

My apologies to any who were offended by my "vulgar examples," or who  
thought that my random sampling of the way some imperatives are used  
idiomatically in more than one language was thought to be irrelevant  
to the question of imperative usage.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
1989 Grindstaff Road/Burnsville, NC 28714/(828) 675-4243
cwconrad2 at mac.com
WWW: http://www.ioa.com/~cwconrad/

Esteemed Carl, I m back again and read your apology. Thank you for doing this Carl. It is with gratitude that I accept it .I also want to thank you for your frequent and valuable contributions. You are blessed with a vast store of knowledge and experience. Keep up the good work.
John VanRietschoten Pastor emeritus in the Canadian and American Reformed Churches. P.O Box 484 Carman Manitoba R0G0J0 jvanriet1 at mts.net


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