| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 8, 2001, 4:30 |
Muke Tever wrote:> ['Born' as a verb isn't helpful either, because it hasn't got a useful passive.]But, what the child does would be a passive verb, and thus would not *need* a passive. What's the passive of "die"? :-) -- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon A nation without a language is a nation without a heart - Welsh proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42
| Muke Tever <alrivera@...> | 'born' |
| Amanda Babcock <langs@...> | |
| Raymond Brown <ray.brown@...> | Sensible passives (was: confession: roots) |