Re: Demuan to Teonaht
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 25, 1999, 22:04 |
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Fabian wrote:
> Implicit in the prophetic tense is the notion that neither speaker nor
> listener will personally encounter the events, because they expect to be
> dead before it happens.
Interesting. So, what about a prophecy of events that will occur
shortly, say, a prophecy about ones personal future? Perhaps "remote
future" might be better?
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