| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, March 4, 2000, 0:07 |
Barry Garcia wrote:> > I dont know a better term for this, but how do you all say things like > "it's raining" or "it's dripping" without an actual specified agent to do > that action?Those are impersonal verbs. In W., I don't bother with most of them, instead saying things like "rain is falling". But when necessary, I just use the 3rd singular irrational person.