Re: THEORY: Re : THEORY: Connolly: Interpreting ergative sentences
| From: | Irina Rempt-Drijfhout <ira@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, July 19, 1999, 18:55 |
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On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, From Http://Members.Aol.Com/Lassailly/Tunuframe.Html wrote:
> *the camels distribute.
> *the fabric tears.
> the soup cooks.
I have no trouble with "the fabric tears". How is it ungrammatical?
"I caught my sleeve on a nail, and it tore".
Irina
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