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144 USE OF CASES. [151.<br />

Zend that this is <strong>the</strong> true Genitive (Delbruck, Synt. ForscJi. iv.<br />

P- 45)-<br />

For <strong>the</strong> c Gen. Absolute ' which is akin to <strong>the</strong> Gen. <strong>of</strong> time<br />

see 246.<br />

151.]<br />

The quasi-partitive Genitive. Under this term we<br />

may include a number <strong>of</strong> constructions in which <strong>the</strong> Gen. is<br />

used (in preference to some o<strong>the</strong>r Case) because <strong>the</strong> action <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Verb does not affect <strong>the</strong> person or thing- in a sufficiently direct<br />

and unqualified<br />

:<br />

way e. g. in Acoroio

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