[B-Greek] Attraction (was: syntax in 2 cor 10:12-13)

Iver Larsen iver_larsen at sil.org
Mon Dec 14 00:56:54 EST 2009


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George F Somsel" <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>
To: "Bert de Haan" <dehaanaf at gmail.com>; <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: 14. december 2009 02:44
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Attraction (was: syntax in 2 cor 10:12-13)


>I would say that attraction is not a rule (prescriptive in nature) but rather a
>description of what actually occurs.
>
> george
> gfsomsel

For a linguist, grammatical rules are always descriptive (of what actually
occurs), even though some grammar teachers may present them as if they were
prescriptive.

Iver Larsen




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