"The computer cannot start.."

0I suppose so, but I would prefer '01i00be started02i00'; and you definitely need a semicolon after 01i00loose02i00.0-

0Thanks.02br
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001) Yes, I agree 01b00cannot be started02b00 is correct. So, can we consider 01b00The computer cannot start 02b00as gramatically error?02br
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002) Why we need a semicolon?0-

01-- Not a grammatical error, I think-- just semantically inappropriate. We use 01i00start 02i00actively of other inanimate objects: 01i00 in cold weather, my car won't start02i00.02br
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002-- Without the semicolon, you have a 01i00comma-splice02i00 error: independent clauses joined with a comma but no c

0>>My car won't start.02br
00I have a problem here, according to my understanding, a car can't be start by itself, at least it needs a people to start it, so how could I understanding this sentence?0-

0As I said, we use 01i00start02i00 actively of other inanimate objects, and this is perhaps the most common case: 01i00my car won't start02i00. '01u00With intransitive verbs02u00 (and here I quote 01i00Quirk, et al02i00), 01u00the subject frequently has the affected role elsewhere typical of

0Hi, 02br
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00You said that you think the sentence is correct but at the same time, you definitely think the sentence needs a semicolon. I saw the kind of sentence structure with no employment of semicolons but instead employing commas to serve the writer's prpose. Let me get it straight. Do you think it is all right to write as this?02br
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0>>'01u00With intransitive verbs02u00 (and here I quote 01i00Quirk, et al02i00), 01u00the subject frequently has the affected role elsewhere typical of the direct object02u00'.02br
00Really thanks, this is new knowledge to me. So, The computer cannot start seems like grammatically correct. 02br
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00Do you think it is all right to write as this? 12br
11i10The computer cannot be started because the plug is loose, please tigthen it12i10.12br
10I said that it was11u10 grammatically12u10 correct; punctuation is usually considered separately. No, it is not properly puncuated; it is a comma-splice se

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00But how we identify it is semantically inappropriate?12blockquote

10I think much of this comes with experience, Jack.0-

0 My two cents.02br
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00 I think the mistake is "cannot".02br
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00 That machines can't start is vacuously true. They have no ability to set themselves into an operational state.02br
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00 If I said "My car cannot start", that would be equally strange. Of course it can't start; it has no ability to set itself into operatio