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Re: Grammar Nazi
Posted By: Wolfspirit, on host 206.47.244.92
Date: Thursday, November 16, 2000, at 21:14:10
In Reply To: Re: Grammar Nazi posted by Nyperold on Thursday, November 16, 2000, at 20:56:49:

> As opposed to: _Watching_ people can be very interesting.

As opposed to: "Transitive gerund", which must be something else. :-)


> > What is a "superlatively transitive verbally plural abstract noun in present tense"?
>
> Superlatively transitive? Verbally plural? Are you making these up?

The short answer is "yes".

The long answer is that I can't properly fathom refined points of usage for anything like "superlative", "transitive verbs", "abstract nouns" and "pluperfect subjunctive predicate".

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