Re: THEORY: third-person imperatives

"Raymond A. Brown" wrote:
> Ah - now that last 'give' will still be addressed to God's will!  We'll
> need a change of subject, which the Greek does not need.
Well, call it an "imperative case", and use a basic infinitive form.
"Your name-IMP hallow-PASS".  Second-person imperatives can be done
similarly, "You-IMP give"

> And to take up a
> point the politeness point (which IIRC Padraig made) isn't it a little
> impolite to greet a person and then go onto to address some of their
> attributes?
Hmm, perhaps.  But, politeness is a relative quality.  What's polite in
one culture may be rude in another.

So, forget the "vocative" label.  In other words, is there any problem
with imperative being indicated on the noun rather than the verb?

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