[B-Greek] Double Negation with Subjunctive
Tim Davis
jttyger at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 4 17:38:56 EST 2008
--- Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com> wrote:
> 1. OU MH with an aorist subjunctive is a very strong
> injunction.
> 2. I don't really think "mood of possibility" is
> quite adequate as a
> description of the subjunctive; it quite often bears
> a force of
> urgency or imperative. It might be better to think
> of it in terms of
> non-factuality. As such it appears in constructions
> regarding what may
> or could or should be true or happen.
Thanks for both answers above. The "mood of
possibility" was the description given in one of my
formal classes, and I'm glad to get direction in an
attempt to move beyond the basics (no pun on Daniel
Wallace intended).
> 3. You may find a future indicative with OU MH,
> although the
> subjunctive is more common.
How would this construct be understood in relation to
the one with the aorist subjunctive?
> As for having been taught about double negatives as
> to be avoided,
> remember that rules you have learned regarding
> English do not
> necessarily apply to other languages. French uses
> two negative
> particles regularly, e.g. "je ne sais pas" -- where
> both "ne" and
> "pas" are negative particles/adverbs. Colloquial
> English, for that
> matter, whether or not the grammarians forbid it,
> commonly enough uses
> the double negative: "I ain't never gonna do that."
I was attempting to do some newbie hazing of myself by
using a double negative in my statement about being
taught to not use double negatives. But like any
attempt at humor, if you have to explain it, it must
not have truly been funny. Oh, well.
Tim Davis
Birmingham, AL
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