A lot of

"How much do you hate the Romans?"

"A lot!"

"OK, you're in!"

Russconha, that was good, and completely unexpected.

but technically, it is an 'indef. article' + 'noun' + 'ablative preposition'

Okay, something to mull over. What example were you thinking of specifically in German? I understand what "genitive" means, but I don't
quite see your reasoning. You can reply in English with a German example if you wish. TY.

<<but technically, it is an 'indef. article' + 'noun' + 'ablative preposition' >>

Well, in German it would be genitive as Skippy pointed out.

I called the use of 'of' in 'a lot of' ablative instead of genitive because it doesn't show possession, it shows ablation (a lot [coming] from x), and not "a lot [belonging to] x".

In other phrases, like "instead of", it *is* genitive: eg. I would like to go instead of you" = "I would like to go in your stead (place)", but with "a lot of" it may not be so.

That's all.

Self CORRECTION:

<<Well, in German it would be genitive as Skippy pointed out. >>

Actually, in German this wouldn't.

German shows genitive in phrases like English "instead of" and "because of"

I didn't think this would be easy. I'll keep looking, thanks.