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Talk:Biblical scientific foreknowledge (view source)
Revision as of 00:39, March 11, 2016
, 00:39, March 11, 2016→Calming the Storm: To refresh your memory
::::::If I said that the verb "to be" is not used in the phrase "It was the lark", would you believe any translation of this sentence into another language which I proposed? No, of course not. Any of my Shakespeare translations would by dubious - even if I claimed that I know best what the bard ''really'' meant.
::::::If I said that the verb "to be" is not used in the phrase "It was the lark", would you believe any translation of this sentence into another language which I proposed? No, of course not. Any of my Shakespeare translations would by dubious - even if I claimed that I know best what the bard ''really'' meant.
::::::--[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] ([[User talk:AugustO|talk]]) 19:20, 10 March 2016 (EST)
::::::--[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] ([[User talk:AugustO|talk]]) 19:20, 10 March 2016 (EST)
To refresh your memory:
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'''[[Talk:Gospel_of_Mark_(Translated)/Archive_1#Stylistic_standards|Stylistic standards]]'''
I was thinking about how I might modernize the language, and some questions occurred to me.
Firstly, should speech use quotation marks, which came into use long after the KJV?
e.g.
* And a voice came from heaven declaring, You are my beloved Son whom I love dearly.
would become:
* And a voice came from heaven declaring, "You are my beloved Son whom I love dearly."
Secondly, is it necessary to begin as many verses with "And" as the KJV? Some verses clearly only comprise a portion of a sentence, and it seems to me that "Jesus appeared from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan River" is much more fluid than "And then Jesus appeared from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan River," but loses no meaning. [[User:DouglasA|DouglasA]] 18:18, 18 August 2009 (EDT)
:Both of your points are superb. I'm learning myself: I did not realize that quotation marks came into use only after the [[KJV]].
:Please make your improvements directly on the content page. Well done!--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:21, 18 August 2009 (EDT)
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--[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] ([[User talk:AugustO|talk]]) 19:39, 10 March 2016 (EST)