GUESS MY WORD 2

Share on Facebook

Tanit

#508129 Thu, 01 May 08 02:09 PM

Ant_222

Now let me introduce a very interesting 7-letter verb that denotes a number of actions performed simultaneously.

Are those actions performed by people? Or do they have another agent? (natural phenomena, for instance?)
What sort of register would your verb be? (formal, informal, neutral, slang ... ?)

Tanit

Joined on Mon, Jul 31 2006

In the middle of the Mediterranean Sea

Senior Member (2,147)

A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day. (A. Schweitzer)

Numbers, Verbs

Ant_222

#508220 Thu, 01 May 08 07:12 PM

Mister Micawber: yes, basic form.

Tanit: Normally, the agent is not a human (but a human is often the subject of the verb...). As to the register, I am at a loss... Even if the verb is not slang, it certainly is not formal. The most accurate answer I can give is that the word _is_ widely used by a quite large group of people, and I think GG is one of them!

BTW, I don't know a Russian equivalent of this verb.

Ant_222

Joined on Sun, May 21 2006

Podolsk, Russia

Contributing Member (1,547)

Verbs

Grammar Geek

#508260 Thu, 01 May 08 09:51 PM

You mean a human is the object of the verb, rigth?

Is the agent a force of nature? Naturally occurring? Or brought about due to human interference in some way?

Does it relate to a business setting? A family setting?

Grammar Geek

Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006

Pennsylvania, USA

Veteran Member (15,592)

Barbara, who answers in American English.

Verbs

Ant_222

#508269 Thu, 01 May 08 10:21 PM

GG: «You mean a human is the object of the verb, rigth?»

Yeah, I am confused. A human to my word is the same as water to the verb "drink". In other words, it is usually in the accusative case.

«Is the agent a force of nature? Naturally occurring? Or brought about due to human interference in some way?»

No, no and (almost) no. Under certain circumstances one may provoke this to happen with them, but generally, this is not needed.

«Does it relate to a business setting? A family setting?»

Surely it's nothing about business, but it may happen in a family setting. A majority of obervations of my verb "in action" do occur in this setting.

Ant_222

Accusative, Verbs

Tanit

#508414 Fri, 02 May 08 10:56 AM

Does your verb has an agent? Or maybe does it describe a state?

Are sounds (be they laugh, cry, shout etc.) associated with your word?

Tanit

Verbs

Ant_222

#508576 Fri, 02 May 08 04:12 PM

Tanit: «Does your verb has an agent? Or maybe does it describe a state?»

Yes and, as I have already said, it describes a set of actions, not a state.

«Are sounds (be they laugh, cry, shout etc.) associated with your word?»

Sure, but they are quite quiet ususally. One sound is somewhat like a gentle rolling "RR...rR, RR...rR,...", and the other is even more faint and resembles very short clicks which you may hear when playing a vinyl disc (or an audio cd, containing a carefully remastered old recording), or the sound of a thin thread being torn... While the first sound is almost always present, the latter may be lacking.

There may be other sounds but I don't dare to try to describe them.

...Looks like I have revealed too much, HTH.