Taka  +  961582 Wed, 04 Nov 09 04:33 PM Does this sentence sound natural? That's the way I don't like it. Taka Joined on Tue, Sep 7 2004 Japan Senior Member 2,625 Sentences

	CalifJim  +  961797 Wed, 04 Nov 09 09:35 PM Taka “Does this sentence sound natural? That's the way I don't like it. ” Not as a conversation starter, of course.  It's a response emphasizing opposition to a previously stated idea. -- Is that the way you like it? -- No!  (You misunderstood.) That's the way I don't like it. As an isolated sentence, That's not the way I like it is more natural. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,389 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche

	Taka  +  962166 Thu, 05 Nov 09 05:55 AM Good. Thanks, Jim. Now, related to this topic, about this one, do you think the second 'create' is intransitive or transitive? Human beings can create in the ways they have never created before. Taka

	CalifJim  +  962809 Thu, 05 Nov 09 10:08 PM Taka “do you think the second 'create' is intransitive or transitive?” This may be idiosyncratic on my part, but I would call both uses of create in that sentence "absolute usage of a transitive verb".  No object is stated, but something (vague, unspecific, general) is implied.  Compare:  Tonight he ate in a way he has never eaten before. ways is not the object of created, if that's the angle you're taking. CJ CalifJim Sentences, Usages