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Re: verbs = nouns?

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 10, 2001, 14:36
H. S. Teoh wrote:

> che1 pien4 hong2le > "The car turned red."
Sounds like a typical causative verb-verb compound: the car changed SO THAT it was red. -- There is / one art || John Cowan <jcowan@...> no more / no less || http://www.reutershealth.com to do / all things || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan with art- / lessness \\ -- Piet Hein