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  • From: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
  • To: "Read, James C" <K0434995 AT kingston.ac.uk>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Daniel 6:27 (time indefinite) II
  • Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:28:25 +0000

On 18/11/2005 17:14, Read, James C wrote:

The King James Version was my first Bible, and the Bible that is imprinted on my mind. It's full of archaic English and terms difficult to understand. Does that make it "bad English"?


In a word, Yes!


I admire you for daring to say that! It may have been good English in its time, although I understand that it was already archaic even when new, but by the standards of modern English it is not good English.

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Peter Kirk
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