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Re: Verb terminology question

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Monday, December 4, 2000, 5:50
On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Elliott Lash wrote:

> Doesn't inchoactive mean the action is in the process of beginning, not > about to begin?
That is which is about to begin, *is* in the process of beginning, unless it appears magically and instantaneously out of nothing. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore --Douglas Hofstadter