[b-greek] Re: But what about prepositions-genitive

From: c stirling bartholomew (cc.constantine@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Wed May 23 2001 - 13:17:42 EDT

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on 5/23/01 2:00 AM, Randall Buth wrote:

> Possibly exactly opposite the the above quote about the genitive,
>
> the genitive case is LESS TRANSITIVE than the accusative, it carries
>
> less weight and less content than the accusative.

Randall or anyone else,

Does this statement serve as a definition of the term TRANSITIVE? The way
this term is tossed around in current linguistic circles is at times a
little mystifying.

Clay


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