Re: 1st declention nouns

From: Polycarp66@aol.com
Date: Sun Mar 19 2000 - 08:37:23 EST

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In a message dated 3/19/2000 7:54:50 AM Central Daylight Time,
cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu writes:

<<
 Personally I think Mounce's phrasing is misleading here: "a first
 declension case ending for the subject of the verb is nothing"--that's not
 wrong, but I think it would have been clearer to say the same thing with
 "there is no distinctive case ending for the first-declension feminine
 singular subject of the verb."
>>

Carl,

You've done it again. That quote from Mounce had me scratching my head
wondering what in the world he meant. You're correct. That is a very
unfortunate way to express the matter.

gfsomsel

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