Re: pro-anything
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 20, 1999, 6:38 |
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Fabian wrote:
> pro-verbs
> to do (who killed the taxman? he did it!)
> to be (Who is lying on the floor? He is!)
I wouldn't call "to be" a "pro-verb". It's just short for "He is
[lying]". But, in "He did it" or "Who did it?", "did" is certainly a
"pro-verb". Altho "He did" could be either a pro-verb or a shortening
of "he did kill" ...
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