[Mesorah] Fw: another grammar question

D&E-H Bannett dbnet at zahav.net.il
Fri Aug 27 07:58:01 PDT 2010


> The change from sh'va to kamatz is quite common It is a
> pausal form and often even a mild pause.  See rav varam, 
> 'atzum varav and such.  All are indefinite.
>
> The question is whether the BK should be corrected because 
> it sounds so wrong even though it really doesn't change 
> meaning.
>
> My long experience is that corrections are usually made 
> where unnecessary but almost never where meaning is 
> changed but it sounds "normal" to most.
>
> David 




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