It means he likes to use obscure words in ways that aren't quite proper
Tom Send a noteboard - 12/06/2014 07:00:29 PM
Although preterite can be used in a broader sense of "past", there is an inference that we are talking about a single completed action when we use the word, as opposed to a habitual but past action.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Can anybody tell me what this means?
- 30/05/2014 05:02:58 PM
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That it was old-fashioned or antiquated to display their belief/religion in that way. *NM*
- 01/06/2014 01:33:53 AM
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*NM*
It means he likes to use obscure words in ways that aren't quite proper
- 12/06/2014 07:00:29 PM
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I think preterite can also mean "saved" in a religious sense.
- 14/06/2014 12:54:02 PM
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It looks like it's the opposite
- 15/06/2014 12:40:14 AM
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