Dear B-greekers, On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:56:45 -0400 Jonathan Robie writes: > Here's a traditional example from Chomsky: > > Time flies like an arrow. > Fruit flies like a banana. > > The native speaker grasps the meaning, and knows that "flies" works > differently in the two sentences, but does not know why. The native > speaker of NT Greek could probably grasp the various meanings of the > Genitive, without being able to state them or the rules for > differentiating them. [Ghilardi] The first sentence of course means that those sorts of flies which feed on time also favor arrows because, like time, they are swift. The second one means this: All fruits navigate the air in pretty much the same way. So naturally fruit in general will navigate the air in much the same way as any particular fruit, say a banana. Did I get it right? ;-) Yours in His grace, Richard Ghilardi -- qodeshlayhvh@juno.com New Haven, CT USA Nibai kaurno hwaiteis gadriusando in airtha gaswiltith, silbo ainata aflifnith: ith jabai gaswiltith, manag akran bairith.