QUESTIONS INTRODUCED BY OU OR MH

B. Ward Powers bwpowers at optusnet.com.au
Mon Sep 2 08:45:58 EDT 2002


Fellow b-greekers all:

I have a kind of standard expectation that questions introduced by OU are 
expecting a "yes" answer, and those introduced by MH are expecting a "no" 
answer (e.g. 1 Cor 9:1, 8, 9, 12, 13).

And, moreover, that when these two negatives are used together, it is in 
the order OU MH; that this expression is usually followed by the 
subjunctive (though not always); and that it indicates an emphatic negative.

The verses 1 Cor 9:4 and 9:5 each commence with MH OUK ECOMEN EXOUSIAN, and 
each has the expectation (it seems to me) of a positive answer, "Yes, you 
do have the right ..."

Anyone like to give a helpful comment?

Regards,

Ward



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