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Re: Voice question

From:Garth Wallace <gwalla@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 31, 2003, 9:50
Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Quoting Robert Jung <RobertMJung@...>: > >>I haven't said a single sentence on this >>thread yet. In fact, I don't know what 'ambient' means! :) > > > "Surrounding; encircling" according to American Heritage.
I was using it to mean a verb without any core arguments (like in "It's raining", except Ílion doesn't use a dummy subject). I think I picked up the term from the Amman-îar site. I have no idea if it's a legitimate grammatical term.

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