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variant of "Words that should never be uttered or documented..."
Subject:variant of "Words that should never be uttered or documented..." From:Matthew Donovan <mdonovan -at- stavanger -dot- oilfield -dot- slb -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 19 Jul 2002 10:59:30 +0200
Hello listers.
Good thread on words that really shouldn't be.
I am having trouble coming to terms with the expression "grow".
Example: "grow your company".
My linguistics, semantics, grammar, whatever are long gone, but isn't this
about transitive and intransitive verbs ?
When I was a kid (in the UK) we made things grow.
We did "grow tomatoes" but this is a different concept isn't it ?
When exactly did "grow" lose its transitivity (sic) ?
I'm sure real grammar gurus will rip me apart on this, but hey, I only
remember what's useful in my job.
My brain archives (hey another one !) the rest for rainy days. Which are
actually quite regular in Norway.
Thanks,
Med vennlig hilsen // Regards,
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