[B-Greek] Is a Phrasal Interlinear a useful idea?

Barry nebarry at verizon.net
Sun Jun 20 09:34:01 EDT 2010


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George F Somsel" <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>
To: <nigel at chapman.id.au>; "B Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Is a Phrasal Interlinear a useful idea?


> Any interlinear is NOT a useful idea. An interlinear inherently depresses 
> the learning of the language. If you must have a translation handy, put it 
> under your Greek text. It should not assault your eyes when reading Greek.
> george
> gfsomsel

You forgot, in your gentle answer, to mention that interlinears are the 
spawn of the devil, and users will find themselves reciting paradigms for 
eternity (like "Hell's Library" in the Far Side, in which all the books are 
math story books).

N.E. Barry Hofstetter
Classics and Bible Instructor, TAA
http://www.theamericanacademy.net
(2010 Savatori Excellence in Education Winner)
Mentor, TNARS
http://www.tnars.net

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