[B-Greek] More Grammar Books
Barry
nebarry at verizon.net
Mon Oct 9 06:50:39 EDT 2006
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> I am in England for a couple of months and had to choose what to
> bring/carry. From all the above I took Goodwin. Re-checking irregular
> forms when composing is important. Goodwin? Goodwin's not in the list.
> It is smaller than Smyth and I find the tables slightly faster.
> Goodwin is more than an adequate description of ancient Greek, though
> Smyth is slightly more complete. However, if your store has Smyth in
> stock, then get it. That is the only other one of the list that I
> considered.
I agree with the majority opinion so far expressed on the relative merits of Smyth, Goodwin, Wallace, et al. Wallace is a good, if at times idiosyncratic intermediate grammar. While I now advocate its use in place of Zerwick, I think Wallace has a tendency to be a bit creative in making up, or more charitably, assigning grammatical categories (how many uses of the genitive do we really need?). Otherwise, you can't really depend on any one grammar: I would suggest ownership of all of them as time permits, Smyth, Goodwin, BDF, Wallace, and whatever else you can get your hot little Greek hands on. But even more important? Read *lots* of Greek...
Following my own advice, what is the general list opinion on Turner? Thinking of purchasing...
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