Re: Question about transitivity/intransitivity
| From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, May 30, 2003, 16:12 |
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Mills" <romilly@...>
> Nik Taylor/Sally Caves wrote:
> > ?"I killed" ("kill" sounds awkward to me without an object)
> >
> > How about "I murdered."
> >
> OK as the boast or lament of a soldier /murderer:
>
> "Yes, I killed/murdered, (and enjoyed every minute of it)" or "(and I'm
> truly sorry)"-- but the implicit object [people] is still there.
Well exactly!
Sally Caves
scaves@frontiernet.net
Eskkoat ol ai sendran, rohsan nuehra celyil takrem bomai nakuo.
"My shadow follows me, putting strange, new roses into the world."