Do prepositions govern or merely clarify case functions in Koine Greek?
clayton stirling bartholomew
c.s.bartholomew at worldnet.att.net
Fri Sep 10 12:34:08 EDT 1999
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>From: yochanan bitan <ButhFam at compuserve.com>
>To: Biblical Greek <b-greek at franklin.oit.unc.edu>
>Subject: Do prepositions govern or merely clarify case functions in Koine
Greek?
>Date: Fri, Sep 10, 1999, 1:31 AM
>
> jay wrote:
>>In my limited brain, I am unable to see the difference of EN + the dative
>>or the naked dative which expresses sphere.
>
> [good. because 'sphere' isn't a grammatical function or relationship
> anyway. it is a metaphor used by grammarians that says their analytical
> system has run out of distinctions. it could have been called the 'brown
> paper bag' function.]
I love this! "brown paper bag function" is such a pointed way of
expressing something rather essential that is missed in our favorite
grammar text books.
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Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
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