Re: USAGE: Verbs and verb compounds

In a message dated 6/20/99 12:16:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
fortytwo@UFL.EDU writes:

<< Matthew Kehrt wrote:
 >
 > I once had a system where all perpositions were verbs:
 > (The cat) (is) (on the shelf.)
 > becomes:
 > (The cat) (is on) (the shelf).
 >
 > "To be on" was a verb in itself.  This system, however did not work very
 > well.

 Because of cases like "lie on" and the like?  Those could be handled by
 serial verbs or similar constructions, no?  Say, "The cat is lying on
 the shelf" would be "The cat is-on the shelf, lying"
  >>

or "the cat lyingly is-on the shelf"

pacs precs
Joe Mondello