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>Rett, you have discontinued postings on traditional grammar for quite
>some time. I am writing to see if you are keen to continue or restart
>it again. Hope to hear good news from you.
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Hi Yong Peng,

Thanks for asking about that. I've just returned from a month in the countryside with very little access to computers. It was nice to just hang out with family and friends and sheep, chickens and horses for a while :-) I'm happy to hear about your finding a job, and from the looks of your posts your Pali is really coming along.

About the Kacc series, I was gladdened by the scale of the positive response those postings produced, both here and off-list. I enjoy traditional grammar, but thought it might be a bit too dry for most people.

I started the series because a poster here, who is also subscribed to Jim Anderson's Pali Study group, found the level there a bit daunting and asked whether I might provide a user-friendly introduction to the topic. Since then I've been continuing my explorations of Kaccaayana and other grammatical works but have mostly been using other chapters than the Sandhikappa, which is why I haven't produced any more posts in that series. If I take it up again, I'd like to look at diverse short passages from different works that could be interesting for the group, assuming that's okay by you.

Traditional grammar is a bit tricky to get started with, and I'm still just starting out. Jim's help and encouragement has been invaluable. Luckily there is quite a lot of expertise on the topic gathered here at this time who might be able to answer questions that stump the rest of us.

best regards,

/Rett