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Re: A short passage.

From:Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 15, 2005, 8:40
B. Garcia wrote:

>I thought about something just now. Would the passive verb form using >future tense be a good way to express "will be condemned"?
Don't see why not. If your lang's passive conjugates like any other verb, you nicely avoid any 'to be'.
>Hmm, perhaps I've got that wrong also. What ways can a language with >no verb for "to be" express "will be..."?
"will become"? M