Yes, of course hOPWS may serve exactly as hINA.
>I just discovered a new phrase: "final clause", which means a clause that
>expresses conscious purpose. I can look this up in Smyth or Robertson and
>find lists of ways to express this stuff. That should come in handy when I
>write my next gospel (grin!).
No, you just discovered an OLD phrase (albeit "new" to you): "final clause"
is what clauses of purpose were called in English long before you and I
were born. I rather think that the "new" or "more recent" term, "clause of
purpose" was invented after Latin had ceased to be a regular school subject
and the adjective "final" in the sense of "concerning ends/purposes" had
become obsolete in English. You will also find "purpose clauses" described
in some of the older grammars as "telic"--but that, of course, has now been
appropriated by the scientific linguists for their own (nefarious?)
PURPOSES. ;-)
You have, however, discovered an important principle: the very same
constructions are called by quite different names in different grammars;
the best grammars at least have parenthetical notes indicating the
alternative names used in other grammars--in reference grammars, at least.
When one couples this inconsistency in grammatical terminology with the
penchant of more recent grammarians to invent brand-new (and often dubious)
grammatical categories, it is hardly any wonder that the house of Greek
Grammar has become a veritable Tower of Babel. It's bad enough that we
pronounce Greek in different ways and that we don't transcribe it
consistently (although I don't think that's usually a big problem).
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University
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