medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Robert Kraft <[log in to unmask]>
>From today's "bible" -- google.com
> "wie es eigentlich gewesen" occurs 12,400 times (more or less, I guess)
counting duplicate hits, of course.
> of these, 4,400 add the "ist" and another 812 add "war"!
> So, roughly speaking, some 7,000 go without an "ist" or a "war"
(although I suppose other verbal attempts might also appear!), while
over 5,000
5,212, actually
>have such an auxiliary. Ain't modern research wonderful, and also descriptive
linguistics. Who cares what Ranke might have said;
not i, certainly.
>is it clear what he intended?
yes.
yes, it ist.
quite klar.
thanks, R.B.
just goes to show that 5.212 out of 7 of us can't be Wrong.
and, that you can use the Bible to prove about anything.
c
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