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Milky Posted 20 years ago
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aborted missions

0"Aborted missions have recently grown to a scale beyond..."02br
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00Do you read "aborted missions" as:02br
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001. missions that were aborted02br
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002. missions that aborted02br
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003. either02br
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0 01i 00Webster's Third New International Dictionary 02i 00has intransitive as well as transitve definitions:01blockquote 01blockquote 11blockquote 21b 30abort32b 32br 31i 30vi32i 30 31b 303:32b 30 to stop or fail in the early stages <many colds abort without treatment> <the plans have aborted> <the bomber aborted from its mission>32br 32br 31i 30vt 32i 30 31b 302a:32b 30 to terminate prematurely <abort a project> 31b 30 : 32b 30 stop in the early stages <abort a disease> 31b 30 b:32b 30 to turn back without completion32br 32br 32blockquote 32blockquote 22blockquote 10If it's correct to say 01font 00The plans have aborted02font 00, then I suppose it's also correct to say 01font 00The mission has aborted02font 00. 0-

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  • 0 01i 00Webster's Third New International Dictionary 02i 00has intransitive as well as transitve definitions:01blockquote 01blockquote 11blockquote 21b 30abort32b 32br 31i 30vi32i 30 31b 303:32b 30 to stop or fail in the early stages <many colds abort without treatment> <the plans have aborted> <the bomber aborted from its mission>32br 32br 31i 30vt 32i 30 31b 302a:32b 30 to terminate prematurely <abort a project> 31b 30 : 32b 30 stop in the early stages <abort a disease> 31b 30 b:32b 30 to turn back without completion32br 32br 32blockquote 32blockquote 22blockquote 10If it's correct to say 01font 00The plans have aborted02font 00, then I suppose it's also correct to say 01font 00The mission has aborted02font 00.
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0 01i00Webster's Third New International Dictionary 02i00has intransitive as well as transitve definitions:01blockquote
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31i30vi32i30 31b303:32b30 to stop or fail in the early stages <many colds abort without tr
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01cite10Rvw12cite10If it's correct to say 11font10The plans have aborted12font10, then I suppose it's also correct to say 11font10The mission has aborted12font10. But I would expect to hear much more often that some agent, human or mechanical, has
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0From what we have here, "neither": the speaker/writer doesn't want to specify.02br
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