> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Jim Henry
> >> in contrast to external tools and materials. I've recently
> >> experimented
> >> with deriving another instrumental postp. for using
materials
> >> that get used up during a task as opposed to tools that
> >> typically continue to be usable for future tasks, but I'm
not
> .....
> > The idea of something for materials that diminish or
> > disintegrate in the process is kind of interesting.
Something
> > like "my car runs *on* gasoline" where "on" would be some
> > special word like "burning up".
> Or more generally "consuming".
Would that include food then?