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Believer Posted 18 years ago
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Questions on sentences in article
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00 I gotthe following sentences from the ChristianToday magazne, a magazine of evangelical conviction, by N.T. Wright on March 25, 2008, and hope you would answer some questions on them. 02 br
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00 When we talk with biblical precision about the resurrection, we discover an excellent foundation for lively and creative Christian work in the present world--not, as some suppose, for an escapist or quietist piety. 02 br
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00 Here, the word 'piety' seems to be uncountable, yet seems that the article 'an' is for that. Why? This is a general question but "Can a person use an indefinite article like 'a' when he thinks an instance of something or a type of something in his mind? 02 br
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00 No single individual can attempt more than a fraction of this mission. That's why mission is the work of the whole church, the whole time. Paul's advice to the Philippians- 01 del 00 even though he and they knew they were suffering for their faith and might be tempted to retreat from the world into a dualistic, sectarian mentality 02 del 00 -was upbeat. 02 br
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00 Here, I think it is right to say that in 'might be tempted', the 'might' is used to convey the sense of the past, putting his indecisive intention in the past-time setting; but I think it is safe to say that the word 'might' can be used the same or similarly in the present-time setting. But here, I think it is used in the in the past-time setting. I think you can see a similar use with the modal verb 'would'. 02 br
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00 It is the anticipation of the time when God will fill the earth with his glory, transform the old heavens and earth into the new, and raise his children from the dead to populate and rule over the redeemed world he has made. 02 br
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00 Here, I think 'he has made' is used because eventhough the reference is to what was made a very, very long time ago, the happening carries a current relevance to what the writer is tryng to say and that is why the present perfect was used. Right? Why do I see 'heavens' in plural, not 'heaven' in singular? 01 i 00 02 i 02 br
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00 This is another question: Can you use a present perfect to refer to a historical figure who happened to live very, very long ago or his legacy? 02 br
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00 Sorry for many questions 0-
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00 I gotthe following sentences from the ChristianToday magazne, a magazine of evangelical conviction, by N.T. Wright on March 25, 2008, and hope you would answer some questions on them. 02 br
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00 When we talk with biblical precision about the resurrection, we discover an excellent foundation for lively and creative Christian work in the present world--not, as some suppose, for an escapist or quietist piety. 02 br
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00 Here, the word 'piety' seems to be uncountable, yet seems that the article 'an' is for that. Why? This is a general question but "Can a person use an indefinite article like 'a' when he thinks an instance of something or a type of something in his mind? 02 br
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00 No single individual can attempt more than a fraction of this mission. That's why mission is the work of the whole church, the whole time. Paul's advice to the Philippians- 01 del
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00 Here, I think it is right to say that in 'might be tempted', the 'might' is used to convey the sense of the past, putting his indecisive intention in the past-time setting; but I think it is safe to say that the word 'might' can be used the same or similarly in the present-time setting. But here, I think it is used in the in the past-time setting. I think you can see a similar use with the modal verb 'would'. 02 br
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00 It is the anticipation of the time when God will fill the earth with his glory, transform the old heavens and earth into the new, and raise his children from the dead to populate and rule over the redeemed world he has made. 02 br
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00 Here, I think 'he has made' is used because eventhough the reference is to what was made a very, very long time ago, the happening carries a current relevance to what the writer is tryng to say and that is why the present perfect was used. Right? Why do I see 'heavens' in plural, not 'heaven' in singular? 01 i 00 02 i 02 br
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00 This is another question: Can you use a present perfect to refer to a historical figure who happened to live very, very long ago or his legacy? 02 br
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00 Sorry for many questions 0-
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0 I don't know what happened but I think I typed right but came out right this: 02 br 02 br 00 No single individual can attempt more than a fraction of this mission. That's why mission is the work of the whole church, the whole time. Paul's advice to the Philippians 01 del 00 even though he and they knew they were suffering for their faith and might be tempted to retreat from the world into a dualistic, sectarian mentality 02 del 00 was upbeat 02 br 02 br 00 It should have been this: 02 br 02 br 00 No single individual can attempt more than a fraction of this mission.
- 0 I don't know what happened but I think I typed right but came out right this: 02 br 02 br 00 No single individual can attempt more than a fraction of this mission.
- That's why mission is the work of the whole church, the whole time.
- Paul's advice to the Philippians 01 del 00 even though he and they knew they were suffering for their faith and might be tempted to retreat from the world into a dualistic, sectarian mentality 02 del 00 was upbeat 02 br 02 br 00 It should have been this: 02 br 02 br 00 No single individual can attempt more than a fraction of this mission.
- That's why mission is the work of the whole church, the whole time.
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0 I don't know what happened but I think I typed right but came out right this: 02 br
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00 No single individual can attempt more than a fraction of this mission. That's why mission is the work of the whole church, the whole time. Paul's advice to the Philippians 01 del 00 even though he and they knew they were suffering for their faith and might be tempted to retrea
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00 No single individual can attempt more than a fraction of this mission. That's why mission is the work of the whole church, the whole time. Paul's advice to the Philippians 01 del
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0 From the previous post that still had the unintentional crossing out of the part that wasn't crossed out by me: 02 br
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00 I don't know what happened but I think I typed right but came out right this: 02 br
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00 No single individual can attempt more than a fraction of this mission. That's why mission is the work of the whole church, the whole time. Pa
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00 I don't know what happened but I think I typed right but came out right this: 02 br
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00 No single individual can attempt more than a fraction of this mission. That's why mission is the work of the whole church, the whole time. Pa
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0 Hi Moderator, 02 br
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00 I don't know but the clause I enclsoed with a pair dashes is coming out crossed-out. Help. 02 br
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00 I don't know but the clause I enclsoed with a pair dashes is coming out crossed-out. Help. 02 br
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1 font 00 When we talk with biblical precision about the resurrection, we discover an excellent foundation for lively and creative Christian work in the present world--not, as some suppose, for an escapist or quietist piety. 02 font 02 br
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00 Here, the word 'piety' seems to be uncountable, yet seems that the article 'an' is for that. Why? This
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00 Here, the word 'piety' seems to be uncountable, yet seems that the article 'an' is for that. Why? This
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0 I've had the dashes problem too - apparently this format interprets dashes as code for strikethrough text. You should be able to edit your post - try putting a space before & after the dash, and if that doesn't work just use a hyphen instead of an emdash. Can't remember exactly what worked for me last time. 0-
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