[B-Greek] John 1:1c

Harold Holmyard hholmyard at ont.com
Tue Jul 4 20:45:02 EDT 2006


Rolf Furuli wrote:

>Dear Kelton,
>
>Collins Cobuild English Grammar says regarding nouns:
>"A noun is used to identify a person or thing. In this chapter we describe 
>six main types of nouns. They are classified according to whether they have 
>a plural form, whether they need a determiner in front of them, and whether 
>they occur with a singular verb or plural verb when they are the subject of 
>the verb.
>
>count nouns - a bird, birds - have plural, need determiner
>uncount nouns - happiness, equipment - no plural, usually no determiner
>singular nouns - the moon, a day - no plural, need determiner
>plural nouns -clothes, scissors - no singular
>collective nouns - the public, the staff - either singular or plural verb
>proper nouns - Mary, London, The United Nations -start with capital letter"
>
>  
>
HH: To me QEOS has biblical uses that indicate it can be a count noun, a 
singular noun, a plural noun, and a proper noun. If God were triune, 
then QEOS could perhaps function as inclusive of the three persons and 
so be almost like a collective.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard



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