Subject: Introducing the English Standard Version |
Bible Note: So, you want my English skills, do you, Darcy? Well, one of these days when I locate them, I'll bundle them up and send them all to you :-) When, on occasion, I need to review one of my posts from the forum's archives [to discover what I believed last year, or something of the sort :-)], I'm chagrined to find all kinds of violations of the king's English and have toyed with the idea of changing the information in my user profile to read that I majored, not in English, but in English Walnuts 101 :-) .... But while we're on the subject of good English usage, I'll add a thought for what it's worth. It's been my experience that I've learned more about good English usage from a careful reading of good literature (The King James Bible is a prime example) than ever I did while sitting in umpteen English classes in school. I love to hang around words and one of my favorite diversions has always been reading a good dictionary, one that gives the etymology of English words. And I happen to have a fairly good ear for sentence clarity and balance. But careful reading and trying to write with some degree of clarity and precision is the hardest work I've ever enjoyed! As Shakespeare would doublessly have put it, "It ain't easy!" ..... By the way, Darcy, I continue to be impressed with the spiritual quality and sensible content of your posts to such a degree that your few and small mistakes are but a gentle reminder that, after all, we all of us share the common attribute of being human. .... In Christ Jesus, --Hank |