Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

No one (not even the Hebrew "academy") is missing it because it is  
redundant.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Oct 30, 2010, at 11:55 PM, Kevin Riley wrote:

> Of course people missed it.  I am sure it was one of the things  
> that old men reminisced about and pointed out as just one more way  
> in which the younger generations were not living up to  
> expectations. But it was centuries ago and everyone has moved on.   
> There have been so many other things to fight about and regret  
> since then.  But that doesn't mean it wasn't there.  Much like the  
> subjuctive in English, or the distinction between shall and will.   
> They are gone, but we should remember them, even if our generation  
> does not use them.
>
> Kevin Riley
>
> On 31/10/2010 2:48 PM, Isaac Fried wrote:
> > "Dropped out"? Just like that? And no one missing it?
> >
> > Isaac Fried, Boston University
> >
> > On Oct 30, 2010, at 8:57 PM, Randall Buth wrote:
> >
> > > Length has dropped out of Hebrew dialects today
> >
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