Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

George:

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 6:07 PM, George Athas 
<George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>wrote:

> Karl wrote:
>
> "If there is one occurrence of a word that doesn’t fit, that causes a
> re-evaluation of all the other occurrences of that word. This is not an
> average, but there must be unanimity."
>
> And here, more or less, is the problem: unanimity.
>
> By the way, how would you classify "more" and "less" in the phrase "more
> or less"?
>
>
> GEORGE ATHAS
> Dean of Research,
> Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au)
> Sydney, Australia
>
> “More or less” is an idiomatic phrase, and that would be considered in the
initial evaluation, let alone the re-evaluation. Even as an idiomatic
phrase, its meaning is “approximately”, possibly a bit more, possibly a bit
less.

Karl W. Randolph.