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A. Smith

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I search all (research) greek texts for ἐξ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν and only NA27-GBS and GNT-TRS show any results, despite the fact that all my GNT texts have the exact same phrase in the same places (GNT-T, GNT-28T, GNT-WH, GNT-Tisch, etc. 

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Accordance's default is a lemma search, rather than an inflected search. Try the following search string:

 

"=ἐξ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν"

 

[exact inflected phrase]

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Thank you. But I still don't understand why it wouldn't show up in the other group text with the exact same phrase. both the limos and to be inflicted form are exactly the same in all of those texts.

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Hey Anthony, this is a little trickier, but if you go to the research bar and just enclose your search in quotes, you will find all the occurrences of exactly that phrase.

 

Now - why?

 

The search string in the research bar is sort of copied into a search bar for each text behind the scenes. If the Greek text is a tagged text, and the string isn’t enclosed in quotes, it will fail because none of the words you have entered are lemmas. However, any greek text you have that is not tagged will do a search for that string of letters and it will succeed, as that is the only way it can search for words.

 

Hence if you add the “ “ you are telling the tagged text and the untagged text to search just for the exact words.

 

To search for the lemmas, then you can type in εκ αναστασις νεκρος into the research bar and it will find all the other Greek texts, but not the ones that aren’t tagged.

 

Does that make any sense?

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Yes. It does. And sorry for the typos. Blame siri! Thanks for taking the time to help me understand accordance's logic.

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One further word of explanation:

 

Accordance ignores accents, breathing marks, and capitalization in string searches. To include those in a search, we must add an "=" (equals sign) to the search. Thus "= <insert word(s) here>" will find an exact match, including all the things I just mentioned, "<insert word(s) here>" will find the string even if one of the words is capitalized or has a different accent.

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Thanks, Dr J. That's something I've learned before but forgot! I've forgotten more about accordance than I'll ever know. It's such a deep, rich program! Thanks for teaching us!

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[chuckle] You're not alone, Anthony!

 

It's a real struggle to stay fresh and current on all of Accordance's features these days. I remember, of course, the features I use regularly, but when I do a podcast on something more obscure I frequently have to review the Help—or even talk to the programmers!

 

Once upon a time, I figured I'd podcast on all the features of Accordance, then be out of a job. These days, I can't even keep up with all the new features, tweaks, and resources. I feel honored to be part of a company with such a strong ethic of constant improvement. 

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