[B-Greek] The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data: An Argument for a

George F Somsel gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Sun Mar 28 12:34:25 EDT 2010


I didn't "chuck them away, but I reserve them for use when I'm feeling a bit insecure about my judgment.
 george
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From: Carl Conrad <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
To: George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>
Cc: Richard Lindeman <oblchurch at msn.com>; b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Sun, March 28, 2010 9:19:21 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data: An Argument for a

On Mar 28, 2010, at 12:09 PM, George F Somsel wrote:
> Do you seriously think that you or I or even Carl will ever "throw the crutches away"?  I recall that Randall Buth commented on taking a grammar with him on his computer when he was making a trip.  Remember what Jesus said, "Grammars you have always with you."  :-) 

I'll say this much, which may sound outrageous to some: if you have to use a software parser or an interlinear to discern the inflection of a variable form of nouon, adjective, pronoun, or adverb, you haven't reached the first watermark of competence; lexicographical aids such as LSJ and BDAG and grammatical references such as Smyth and BDF I readily expect to have on hand when needed, but I do think that morphology charts should be about the first thing to chuck away.

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)


      


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