Re: confession: roots
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 8, 2001, 19:14 |
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Amanda Babcock wrote:
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> On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 12:30:00AM -0400, Nik Taylor wrote:
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> > But, what the child does would be a passive verb, and thus would not
> > *need* a passive. What's the passive of "die"? :-)
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> I think I read some years ago that new research showed that babies had more
> input into and control over the time of birth than was previously thought.
Oops, I just realized I had a typo, I meant "what the child does would
be an *intransitive* verb". I actually agree that an active verb would
make more sense.
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