Re: Nouns with arguments, verbs without arguments
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, April 11, 2003, 22:53 |
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En réponse à Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>:
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> Spanish verbs like _llover_ (I think that's the word) have no
> arguments,
> do they?
>
But they can take an optional direct object, like the French equivalents!
Herman was specifically referring to verbs that *can't* take *any* argument,
not verbs that simply are normally used without arguments. There's quite a
difference between optionality and interdiction.
Christophe.
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