Do prepositions govern or merely clarify case functions in Koine Greek?

Ed Gorham aekalm at a-znet.com
Sat Sep 11 07:29:53 EDT 1999


Clayton,
I too cast my vote for the 'brown paper bag" designation.

This not unlike Wallace's tongue-in-cheek definition of the descriptive 
genetive as the "aporetic" genetive/"drip-pan" genetive/"black-hole" 
genetive. APOREO means "I am at a loss". Wallace writes "this is the 
category one should appeal to when another slot cannot be found. The title 
is descriptive not of the genetive, but of the feeling one has in the pit 
of his/her stomach for having spent so much time on this case and coming up 
with nothing." (GGBB, p. 79).

-Ed Gorham
aekalm at a-znet.com



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