[B-Greek] The Infinitive

Charlie c.arnoldjr at worldnet.att.net
Mon Aug 20 12:49:14 EDT 2007


Your understanding of the definition of the infinitive is the way I came to
understand it. I'm sure we will find many others in agreement.

Charlie Arnold, Ph.D.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mitch Larramore" <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
To: "B Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 11:42 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] The Infinitive


> All the grammars I've checked use the following way of
> defining the infinitive:
>
> to + infinitive
>
> My question is this: Isn't the "to" a part of the
> infinitive? The infinite BAPTIZEIN means "to baptize"
> rather than "baptize." So, why isn't the "to" part of
> the definition of the infinitive so that the following
> way is used:
>
> "to + verbal noun" = infinitive
>
>
>
> Mitch Larramore
> Sugar Land, Texas
>
>
>
>
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