| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 16, 2004, 15:42 |
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 02:59:07PM +0000, Tim May wrote:> Benct's use strikes me as a little odd, though probably not incorrect. > I've rarely encountered the word in the active voice.Active, sure. Middle, no; I've very rarely encountered "instantiate" used intransitively. Usually, something instantiates an object; an object doesn't just instantiate. -Marcos
| Tim May <butsuri@...> |