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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

DILATE PREGNANCY

Under DILATE, no where does it talk about pregnancy in the dictionary. Is it active or passive? What do you think of the use?
I dilated very fast. Before I knew it I was 10 cm dialated and giving birth.

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I'd say it's ergative/middle voice. It happens to itself. Her cervix dilated.

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  • I'd say it's ergative/middle voice.
  • It happens to itself.
  • Her cervix dilated.
  • " (Same thing happend to me.
  • ")
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I'd say it's ergative/middle voice. It happens to itself.

Her cervix dilated. In talking about our labor, we say "I am dilated" or "I was 3 cm dilated."

(Same thing happend to me. I wanted my drugs and they said "time to push.")
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