Re: concessive clauses

From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Thu Dec 07 1995 - 09:31:51 EST


At 1:46 AM 12/22/95, Travis Bauer wrote:
> I am reading a book, "A Manual Grammar of the Greek New
>Testament", by Dana and Mantey. I'm wondering if anyone can explain to
>me what a concessive clause is. It occurs with an indicative verb.

It's a subordinate clause beginning with "although" or the equivalent; the
equivalent of it may be found in participial phrases introduced with
KAIPER, EI GE, or the like.

Carl W. Conrad
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