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    John of Japan replied to the thread Has English Degraded?.
    Please answer my point that if 1611 English is a superior way to communicate, you should be communicating with it to talk to us here on...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread Has English Degraded?.
    Thanks for proving my points! I think.... :Thumbsdown
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    John of Japan replied to the thread Has English Degraded?.
    Your a better man that I am at Greek, then! :) Having said that, knowing classical Greek would certainly help in learning koine. And as...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread Translation Terminology.
    And now the elephant in the room, dynamic equivalence. Here is how it's inventor, Eugene Nida, described it: “quality of a translation...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread Has English Degraded?.
    Let's see if he'll answer that.... Anthony, why don't you communicate with us in KJV English, if it is superior? Most of us have read...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread Has English Degraded?.
    Think of the Greek language. I teach NT Greek, and have translated it. However, don't ask me to translate Classical Greek for you. I...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread Has English Degraded?.
    There are two Anthony Pritchards with books on Amazon. One writes about car racing and cars. His books look cool! The other is a Mark...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread Has English Degraded?.
    "Ten hut!!! Start digging that ditch, soldier." I have now reached the limit of my military speak. :Biggrin
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    John of Japan replied to the thread Has English Degraded?.
    There is not a language on earth and never has been with a standardized version of the language. For example, Japanese has the Kanto...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread Has English Degraded?.
    I have to hand it to Anthony. He knows enough linguistics to make his points sound reasonable. However, he has not quoted a single...
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    John of Japan reacted to Deacon's post in the thread Has English Degraded? with Like Like.
    There is no single governing body for written or spoken standards for the English language...never has been. ...the implication that...
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    John of Japan reacted to Logos1560's post in the thread Has English Degraded? with Like Like.
    Your conclusion is incorrect. You are contradicting the assertions of leading KJV defenders and KJV-only authors who claim that the...
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    John of Japan reacted to Logos1560's post in the thread Has English Degraded? with Like Like.
    That may be your opinion, but you fail to prove your assertion to be true, verifiable fact. You present no standard reference work on...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread Translation Terminology.
    Great story! Good illustration of the necessity for a translator knowing the range of meaning of words, not just a gloss (one word...
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    John of Japan reacted to OnlyaSinner's post in the thread Translation Terminology with Haha Haha.
    My favorite back translation story - perhaps apocryphal - involves two Russian translators and Matt 26:41b (omitting "indeed", as it's...
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