Anonymous  +  145126 Thu, 06 Oct 05 12:33 PM Hi All. Take a look at this if you will: "And my tire flattened as I was riding it to work this morning. The leak was slow enough that I could limp to work by pumping it up along the way (not recommended procedure, but tolerable for very short distances.)" http://www.mememachinego.com/archives/000817.html ...................... Do you, or have you ever, used the expression (my/the tire flattened)? ... It expresses an inchoative (bridging or transitional ) event. It focuses on the transition between "tyre is not flat" to "tyre is flat". But would you, have you ever, or do you, use it? Other examples: I liked him within a minute. The weather changed. The car rolled down the hill. My situation changed this morning. Stevie is ripping his script up. (causative-inchoative) Anonymous Verbs

	nona the brit  +  145137 Thu, 06 Oct 05 01:16 PM Yes ~I'd use them all (except I don't ride a bike so I probably wouldn't have much chance to use the first one!) nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all. Verbs

	rvw  +  145328 Fri, 07 Oct 05 01:53 AM I think my tire flattened is a perfectly respectable usage, but I would more likely say my tire began loosing air. Isn't Stevie is ripping his script up just the present progressive tense? rvw Joined on Sun, Nov 28 2004 Woodstock, Georgia, USA Full Member 350 Verbs, Tenses, Present Progressive