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Here's a quote from Anna Karenina:

Как это будет ему доказано, он не знал, но знал, что это, несомненно, логически будет ему доказано, и он ждал этого доказательства

I would like to know: why is этого in genitive case, singular form, and доказательства in accusative case, plural form? Shouldn't they agree in number?

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    this topic has been addressed several times in the past, please take a look at Why do some nouns take the genitive case instead of the accusative?
    – Баян Купи-ка
    Jun 10 '18 at 10:00
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    доказательствА here is Genitive form of singular доказательство, so it agrees with the pronoun этого, in Accusative plural they would inflect as этИ доказательствА
    – Баян Купи-ка
    Jun 10 '18 at 10:08
  • Why did you ask the same question on multiple sites at the same time? I see it at reddit.com/r/russian/comments/8pznvo/…. Just ask in one place, and if you do not get an answer after a day or two (not a minute or two) then ask elsewhere.
    – KCd
    Jun 10 '18 at 14:14
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    @KCd how can you dictate a person the way they should go about finding out an answer? it's their right to ask here regardless of their activities elsewhere, isn't it?
    – Баян Купи-ка
    Jun 10 '18 at 19:55
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    @KCd to be on a safe side one may assume the OP needed the answer urgently, i personally don't mind them doing that, if i do hang out here i'm ready to waste some of my own time
    – Баян Купи-ка
    Jun 10 '18 at 20:32
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It's not a plural form of the accusative case; it's a singular form of the genitive case. Like 'нет кого\чего?' 'доказательства'. The plural form of the accusative case for this word is 'эти доказательства'.

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  • The last sentence is not correct.
    – Abakan
    Jul 10 '18 at 21:02
  • @Abakan edited.
    – Anton Sachko
    Jul 10 '18 at 22:12

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