[B-Greek] MONOGENHS in the fourth gospel
Barry H.
nebarry at verizon.net
Sun Sep 26 23:03:10 EDT 2010
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From: "Oun Kwon" <kwonbbl at gmail.com>
To: "Barry H." <nebarry at verizon.net>
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Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] MONOGENHS in the fourth gospel
> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Barry H. <nebarry at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
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>> I think he means a common noun vs. a proper noun or title. But I suppose
>> his next post will clear this up... :)
>>
>> http://www.english-the-easy-way.com/Nouns/Nouns_Page.htm
>>
>> N.E. Barry Hofstetter, semper melius Latine sonat...
>
> In this web page, under 'Proper Name', I am not sure what it means by
> 'titles of people'.
>
> It gives examples: Dr. Kenny White, President Jimmy Ayusso, Ms. Miri
> Thomas etc.
>
> What is the 'title' meant here? 'Dr', 'President', 'Ms', etc.? or the
> whole thing of Title+Name? I hope I am not fastidious about this one.
It means just the Dr., President, Ms., etc. I have always assumed that
other languages make the same type of distinctions, but maybe not? Does
Korean distinguish between proper and common nouns, titles and names, and so
forth?
N.E. Barry Hofstetter, semper melius Latine sonat...
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