[MD] Food for Thought

[Heather Perella]

     [Arlo]
The same sentiment is expressed in ZMM. "Thus, in
cultures whose 
ancestry includes ancient Greece, one invariably finds
a strong subject-object differentiation because the
grammar of the old Greek mythos presumed a sharp
natural division of subjects and predicates. In
cultures such as the Chinese, where subject-predicate
relationships are not rigidly defined by grammar, one
finds a corresponding absence of rigid subject-object
philosophy."

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     Arlo, since your a language person, what is a
predicate?  I was never very good with grammar, my
writing would go all over the place and I had many
tell me I didn't follow certain writing rules.  I was
always more concerned with just getting the point
across, even if it meant (means) making up words.  I
still make words up at times.  For instance, ever
notice the English language doesn't have certain words
be verbs, yet, I have come across moments in my
writing where nouns needed to be verbs.  I can't think
off the top of my head of an example, but actually
this is just rambling.  The emphasis of this post
though is what is a predicate?  

thanks.

rainy night, 
SA 
     

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