Λύχνις Δαν Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Hi ya, Acc 12.0.4 Mac 10.11.6 I wanted to know the number of genitives in the NA28 Greek NT. A simple search or construct for [ANY genitive] returns 19636. If I do a * search for all words and then open a pie chart and classify by case, i see 23530 genitives. This is a difference of 3894. It took me a few minutes but it turns about that this is due to prepositions. The proper prepositions (3356) plus improper prepositions (538) total to the 3894. So the question is this. I am wondering what should be done here. My starting position is that the two searches should report the same numbers, but perhaps there are arguments to the contrary - if so I'd be interested to hear them. My guess is that the pie chart is incorrect in including the prepositions as prepositions do not really have case as such. Thoughts, comments ? thx D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Smith Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Good Question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Brown Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 The prepositions take the genitive form, they are not genitive forms themslves. Thus I agree they should not be included in the pie chart, but it may not be such an easy fix. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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