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Article #822Re: Semantics of "to be"
From: Alan Barclay
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 07:14
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 07:14
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"There was a cat on the table" vs. "The cat sprawled on the table." Notice that the first sentence is passive and the second, active. "Was" is an element in many passive constructions. For that reason alone, hunting and rewriting is a good idea. (P.S. could I write this paragraph without using "is?" :) ) -- Alan Barclay alan_barclay@mindlink.bc.ca
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!ames!agate!rsoft!mindlink!a4099 From: Alan_Barclay@mindlink.bc.ca (Alan Barclay) Newsgroups: misc.writing Subject: Re: Semantics of "to be" Message-ID: <16047@mindlink.bc.ca> Date: 6 Oct 92 07:14:46 GMT Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Distribution: world Lines: 18