Re: very confused - syntax question

Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 05/07/99 09:14:37  , Charles a =E9crit :

> Yes, we must reform the outlandish terminology.
>  First eliminate those nasty clitics ...
>  But for voices we need a totally new set:
> =20
>  Transigent voices:
> =20
>  Leftist:  I eat the fish.
>  Rightist: The fish be-eaten-by me.
> =20
>  Intransigent voices:
> =20
>  Left-moderate:  I eat.
>  Right-moderate: The fish be eaten.
> =20
>  Apathetic voices:
> =20
>  Middle:   The fish eats his heart out.
>  Neutral:  The fish gets fished.
> =20
>  Imaginary voices:
> =20
>  Centrist: Just eat.
>  Radical:  Just fish.

how much we control or want or feel or imagine an event makes it a verb.
for instance, i know some guy who was scooping water with a bucket.
and doing so he caught a fish. only then he realised he was fishing ! :-)

saihtam