>In light of the discussion that has recently developed over tenses, does
>anyone have some thoughts on prohibitions? I've read some grammars that
>seem to identify present imperative as always a command to stop an
>action already in progress and aorist subjunctive as indicating that an
>action ought not be started. It seems, though, that a number of present
>imperatives don't necessarily imply anything about whether the action is
>already in progress, and some seem to refer particularly to an action
>that has not yet begun. Is this an area where the wrong emphasis has
>been placed on linear vs. punctiliar?
>
>Trevor
IMHO, Fanning, _Verbal_Aspect_, has an outstanding discussion (dare I say,
the best I've ever seen [which doesn't imply that I've seen everything]) of
the use of positive and negative imperatives. One of the problems he points
out is that different writers have uses which are non-standard and
apparently their own "style" at certain points. If some listmembers would
like it, I can post a summary of his work on imp'vs, which I give to my
Syntax classes (however, its at work, and I'm at home right now).
XAIREIN...
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