Wallace_The Article II: Special Uses and non-uses of the article Flashcards
Colwell's rule; Granville sharp rule
1
Q
What is Colwell’s construction
A
an anarthrous preverbal predicate nominative
2
Q
What is Colwell’s rule
A
definite predicate nouns which precede the verb usually lack the article (must find out from context whether the noun is definite)
3
Q
An anarthrous preverbal PN is typically what?
A
80% are qualitative
4
Q
What is the Granville Sharp rule?
A
when an article-substantive-kai-substantive (TSKS) involves personal nouns that were singular and not proper names, they always refer to the same person
