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To: SoothingDave
Anytime this construct is used in Greek

Anytime this construct is used in *language*, Dave. Or did we fail language class altogether because we don't know how setences and the beginning and end of thoughts work? Sorry that such a huge concept should be dumped on you so late in life. The Greek texts Use Caps to denote the beginning of new thoughts. Again, don't let the facts get in the way of your spinning. Far be it from me to prevent you making yourself look dumb or something. If you want to charge up the hill and tip that cow, go right ahead. The rest of us that understand language will just muse and puzzle and hope you one day learn to read.

31,951 posted on 03/05/2002 10:58:10 AM PST by Havoc
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To: Havoc
Anytime this construct is used in Greek

Anytime this construct is used in *language*, Dave. Or did we fail language class altogether because we don't know how setences and the beginning and end of thoughts work? Sorry that such a huge concept should be dumped on you so late in life. The Greek texts Use Caps to denote the beginning of new thoughts.

I find that hard to believe. So all thoughts in Greek, or any language, can not contain related items, but they all have to be part of the same item? I find that hard to believe.

"Don't forget to check on the baby before going to bed and remember to brush your teeth."

This is one thought: "things to do before bed," but it doesn't mean that checking brusing my teeth is therfore part of checking up on the baby. What am I missing?

SD

31,955 posted on 03/05/2002 11:05:28 AM PST by SoothingDave
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Anytime this construct is used in *language*, Dave. Or did we fail language class altogether because we don't know how setences and the beginning and end of thoughts work? Sorry that such a huge concept should be dumped on you so late in life. The Greek texts Use Caps to denote the beginning of new thoughts. Again, don't let the facts get in the way of your spinning. Far be it from me to prevent you making yourself look dumb or something. If you want to charge up the hill and tip that cow, go right ahead. The rest of us that understand language will just muse and puzzle and hope you one day learn to read.

Why must you try to jump on such petty points in an attempt to insult other people? Far be it from me to prevent you from making yourself look dumb or something. I'm sure that you have merely forgotten that the Greek manuscripts (prior to, say, some time in the 8th or 9th century) do not "use caps to denote the beginning of new thoughts". They contain no punctuation, no capitalization (or all capitalization if we must argue) and not even spaces between words and sentences. All such modern niceties are entirely the work of human translators and account for many differences between translations and interpretations.

Some may think that I am merely treating you the way that you treated Dave, but since you insisted that you read some Greek and some Chaldee... I thought I would merely remind you of your training.

31,965 posted on 03/05/2002 11:51:36 AM PST by IMRight
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