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Issue 97 - genericnoun
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>The <u>righteous person</u> is kept away from trouble and it comes upon <u>the wicked</u> instead. (Proverbs 11:8 ULB)
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>The <u>righteous person</u> is kept away from trouble and it comes upon <u>the wicked</u> instead. (Proverbs 11:8 ULB)
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The underlined phrases above do not refer to any specific people but to anyone who does what is right or anyone who is wicked.
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* The underlined phrases above do not refer to any specific people but to anyone who does what is right or anyone who is wicked.
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>People curse <u>the man who refuses to sell them grain</u>.... (Proverbs 11:26 ULB)
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>People curse <u>the man who refuses to sell them grain</u>.... (Proverbs 11:26 ULB)
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This does not refer to a particular man, but to any person who refuses to sell grain.
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* This does not refer to a particular man, but to any person who refuses to sell grain.
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>Yahweh gives favor to <u>a good man</u>, but he condemns <u>a man who makes evil plans</u>. (Proverbs 12:2 ULB)
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>Yahweh gives favor to <u>a good man</u>, but he condemns <u>a man who makes evil plans</u>. (Proverbs 12:2 ULB)
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The phrase "a good man" does not refer to a particular man, but to any person who is good. The phrase "a man who makes evil plans" does not refer to a particular man, but to any person who makes evil plans.
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* The phrase "a good man" does not refer to a particular man, but to any person who is good. The phrase "a man who makes evil plans" does not refer to a particular man, but to any person who makes evil plans.
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### Translation Strategies
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### Translation Strategies
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1. Use the word "the" in the noun phrase.
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1. Use the word "the" in the noun phrase.
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* **Yahweh gives favor to <u>a good man</u>, but he condemns <u>a man who makes evil plans</u>.** (Proverbs 12:2 ULB)
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* **Yahweh gives favor to <u>a good man</u>, but he condemns <u>a man who makes evil plans</u>.** (Proverbs 12:2 ULB)
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* Yahweh gives favor to <u>the good man</u>, but he condemns <u>the man who makes evil plans</u>. (Proverbs 12:2)
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* Yahweh gives favor to <u>the good man</u>, but he condemns <u>the man who makes evil plans</u>. (Proverbs 12:2)
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1. Use the word "a" in the noun phrase.
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1. Use the word "a" in the noun phrase.
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* **People curse <u>the man</u> who refuses to sell them grain ...** (Proverbs 11:26 ULB)
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* **People curse <u>the man</u> who refuses to sell them grain ...** (Proverbs 11:26 ULB)
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* People curse <u>a man</u> who refuses to sell them grain ...
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* People curse <u>a man</u> who refuses to sell them grain ...
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1. Use the word "any, as in "any person" or "anyone."
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1. Use the word "any, as in "any person" or "anyone."
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* **People curse <u>the man</u> who refuses to sell them grain ...** (Proverbs 11:26 ULB)
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* **People curse <u>the man</u> who refuses to sell them grain ...** (Proverbs 11:26 ULB)
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* People curse <u>any man</u> who refuses to sell them grain ...
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* People curse <u>any man</u> who refuses to sell them grain ...
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1. Use the plural form, as in "people" (or in this sentence, "men").
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1. Use the plural form, as in "people" (or in this sentence, "men").
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* **People curse <u>the man</u> who refuses to sell them grain ...** (Proverbs 11:26 ULB)
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* **People curse <u>the man</u> who refuses to sell them grain ...** (Proverbs 11:26 ULB)
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* People curse <u>men</u> who refuse to sell them grain ...
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* People curse <u>men</u> who refuse to sell them grain ...
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1. Use any other way that is natural in your language.
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1. Use any other way that is natural in your language.
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* **People curse <u>the man</u> who refuses to sell them grain ...** (Proverbs 11:26 ULB)
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* **People curse <u>the man</u> who refuses to sell them grain ...** (Proverbs 11:26 ULB)
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