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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