If they agree in the singular, are both interpretations permissible in the phrase "Is the man standing?" such that we make "standing" the subject and "the man" the raised actor, and is it permissible for "the standing one" to be the predicate?
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The student: If they agree in the singular!
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: I say: If they agree.
The Shaykh : If they agree in the singular!
The student: If they agree in the singular, both interpretations are permissible.
The Shaykh : Which two interpretations?
The student: It is permissible for us to make the attribute the subject, and
The Shaykh : This is if there is a question!
The student: Is the man standing.
The Shaykh : Is the man standing, it is permissible.
The student: It is permissible for "standing" to be the subject, and "the man" is the raised actor, meaning.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: And it is permissible for the second noun to be "Is the standing one": a fronted predicate, and "man"!
The Shaykh : A subject?
The student: Deferred.
The Shaykh : Delayed.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The student: I say: If they agree.
The Shaykh : If they agree in the singular!
The student: If they agree in the singular, both interpretations are permissible.
The Shaykh : Which two interpretations?
The student: It is permissible for us to make the attribute the subject, and
The Shaykh : This is if there is a question!
The student: Is the man standing.
The Shaykh : Is the man standing, it is permissible.
The student: It is permissible for "standing" to be the subject, and "the man" is the raised actor, meaning.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: And it is permissible for the second noun to be "Is the standing one": a fronted predicate, and "man"!
The Shaykh : A subject?
The student: Deferred.
The Shaykh : Delayed.