Re: USAGE: Verbs and verb compounds
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 20, 1999, 4:15 |
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Matthew Kehrt wrote:
>=20
> I once had a system where all perpositions were verbs:
> (The cat) (is) (on the shelf.)
> becomes:
> (The cat) (is on) (the shelf).
>=20
> "To be on" was a verb in itself. This system, however did not work ver=
y
> 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"
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