From: Carlton Winbery (winberyc@popalex1.linknet.net)
Date: Sat Dec 16 1995 - 02:34:26 EST
Carl Conrad answered;
>At 2:58 AM 12/15/95, Carlton Winbery wrote:
>>> It is the accusative. The subject of an infinitival phrase is in
>>>the accusative case. always.
>>>
>>>liz
>>
>>Amen
>
>I would be less surprised at the vehemence of this apodictic assertion if
>it were only being offered as a generalization for Hellenistic Greek or
>just for the New Testament, but it appears to be offered without any
>qualification whatsoever. I think I could find more examples of the
>nominative in the NT,but this one seems to be sufficiently succinct:
>
> Rom 1:22 ... FASKONTES EINAI SOFOI, EMWRANQHSAN ...
I took it that Ellen was talking of English. This reveals my ancient
education in English from Mrs. Townsley and Tannehill. I am well aware of
the variety in the New Testament. But I must say that your selection of
Rom. 1:22 was an excellent retort.
Concerning the use of such expressions as "subject of the infinitive,"
Mrs. Townsley never liked that either. She called an objective used for
reference, a term that carries over into the Syntax I helped so long ago.
Even the use of the idea of "rules" in grammar, I agree, is loose. In
reality we are talking of our observations as to what is used. Mark,
especially, seems not to have known some of our "rules."
Calton L. Winbery
Prof. Religion
LA College, Pineville, La
winberyc@popalex1.linknet.net
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