Re: painting the door green
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, August 24, 2008, 17:18 |
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On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:24 PM, René Uittenbogaard <ruittenb@...> wrote:
> He is painting the door *green*.
> She bought the store *empty*.
I don't know the term, I'm afraid, but just FYI, the second one
doesn't work for me - IML, it can only mean "the store was empty when
she bought it", whereas I gather you intend it to mean "she bought
everything in the store", on analogy with "he drank it dry". In any
case, those feel somewhat different to me - "painting the door green"
doesn't require the painting to be completed; simply using green paint
constitutes the act.
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>