Re: OT: sorta OT: cases: please help...

In a message dated 12/6/01 2:04:34 AM, anstouh@YAHOO.COM.AU writes:

<< If you're being, you are doing something: you're being. Or at least, in
English you are. I'm not sure what you mean by that
passive/active/neither/both thing, though. Explain, if you would be so
kind. >>

    Oh, I wasn't talking grammatically; I was talking purely semantically.
If I say "I am well", does it mean that I'm doing something well?  That I'm
actively living well?  If I'm feeling well, I'm actually doing the feeling?
I think not; I'm just experiencing it.  That's what I meant.  It's not as if
"am" is some sort of active verb which could be replaced with, say, "sing";
the meanings are totally different.  In my opinion, at least.

-David

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