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

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sun Jun 20 10:32:50 EDT 2010


Thank you for your correction.  I hereby make amends for my omission:  Interlinears are the spawn of the devil.  

I fail to see, however, why they would lead to the reciting of paradigms.  I'm rather inclined to think that they would induce one to suppose that they know the form -- "It must be a 3rd sg acc since it says "him" right below.
 george
gfsomsel 


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> 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
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