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Re: Question about "voice"

From:Muke Tever <alrivera@...>
Date:Friday, May 11, 2001, 0:43
I wrote:
> [a bunch of definitions, including this one:] > 4. Philology. a. Gram. Intermediate between active and > passive: primarily (after Gr. mesê diathesis, meson rhêma), > the designation of a 'voice' of Gr. verbs which normally > expresses reflexive or reciprocal action, action viewed as > affecting the subject, or intransitive conditions.
I forgot to mention what *I* meant when I said middle voice. I think I meant something closer to this last bit about 'intransitive conditions'. *Muke!