verbal vs. adjectival

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milky

#279463 Thu, 12 Oct 06 07:27 AM

Would you say that this is a verbal passive construction? Or, is it an adjectival passive construction?

"There were many bottles broken on the table."

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Hume said that if we had perfect or complete descriptive knowledge of reality, we could not, by reasoning, derive a single valid "ought".

CalifJim

#279863 Thu, 12 Oct 06 09:48 PM

verbal

I get the picture of a barroom brawl, not a still life by Manet. Smile [:)]

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"There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

milky

#280147 Fri, 13 Oct 06 10:40 AM

CalifJim wrote:
verbal

I get the picture of a barroom brawl, not a still life by Manet.

CJ

Thank goodness. I've had lots of AE speakers going for the Impressionists' reading.