Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>]

Peter, 
> But I must disagree with your: "the view that wayyiqtol is unmarked 
> for sequence explains 100% of the data!". On the contrary, it explains 
> nothing at all! Or have I explained 100% of biblical Hebrew if I 
> assert that no words or grammatical forms mean anything at all, 
> everything was pragmatics? It is safe to say "I don't know what this 
> means" as no-one can contradict you; but it is not an alternative 
> explanatory hypothesis.

I don't know why you keep making such statements as "no words 
or grammatical forms mean anything at all, everything was 
pragmatics."  I would hope to have shown you by now that this is 
NOT my view.  I would sincerely appreciate it if you would refrain 
from misrepresenting me like this from now on.

> Would you accept Dave's "I forgot my checkbook" example in South 
> Africa too? What is the English language coming to? ;-(

Now who's making value judgments?
Dave Washburn
http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
A Bible that's falling apart means a life that isn't.