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Re: (long) time and tenses (re Alviero Niccacci)

From: "Lee R. Martin" <lmartin AT vol.com>
To: "Paul Zellmer" <zellmer AT cag.pworld.net.ph>
Cc: <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: (long) time and tenses (re Alviero Niccacci)
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 08:38:06 -0500

Dear Paul,
Somehow I missed your translation of the "good wife" passage, but I agree
with your translation as past tense. The passage is probably a variation on
the parable, which is told in narrative form, past tense.

Lee R. Martin

Re: (long) time and tenses (re Alviero Niccacci), Paul Zellmer, 12/16/1998
- Re: (long) time and tenses (re Alviero Niccacci), Rolf Furuli, 12/17/1998
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- Re: (long) time and tenses (re Alviero Niccacci), Lee R. Martin, 12/17/1998