Re: Trigger language?
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 25, 2003, 20:29 |
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"H. S. Teoh" wrote:
> Also, one should also consider that another possible translation is "The
> man was given a horse". I believe this is an anti-passive construction?
Nope, not antipassive. There's a term for that, but I forget what it
is. English doesn't really have an antipassive.
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