>The hOTI clause--at least when hOTI = "because, for the reason
>that"--always explains the preceding assertion; semantically it is
>equivalent to a postpositive GAR in the clause that indicates the clause
>explains the previous one.
I have just read your above post and its 9:21am here
and I am not a morning person. Maybe I'm just thick
but I don't really understand what your saying.
Which clause explains which clause and HOW does
it explain it?
I thought that 2 clauses, A and B, separated by
hOTI like the following:
A hOTI B
meant that B is the reason for A.
Now this is the construction found in the beattitudes.
What I am confused about is that the A clauses in
the beattitudes appear to be the cause of the B
clauses ie. the sense is the other way around.
So my question is:
Do people inherit the earth because they are meek
which is what one would expect
or
Are people meek because they inherit the earth
which is what the hOTI suggests???
cheers,
Andrew
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Andrew S. Kulikovsky B.App.Sc(Hons) MACS
|
| Software Engineer
| British Aerospace Australia
| Technology Park, Adelaide
| ph: +618 8290 8268
| fax: +618 8290 8800
| email: akulikov@baea.com.au
|
| What's the point of gaining everything this world has
| to offer, if you lose your own life in the end?
|
| ...Look to Jesus Christ
|
| hO IESOUS KURIOS!
+------------------------------------------------------------------------