Somewhat similarly, Fanning writes, Verbal aspect in NT Greek is that category in the grammar of the verb which reflects the focus or viewpoint of the speaker in regard to the action or condition which the verb describes … To be more specific, aspect is concerned with the speaker’s viewpoint concerning the action in the sense that it implicitly sets up a relationship between the action described and a reference-point from which the action is viewed … It is … a rather subjective category, since a
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