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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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tense or mode/complement

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0You may be talking about the "prehensile" mode? But then, if you use "drop", it's no longer in the prehensile mode, since you don't have the object in your hand anymore02br 02br 00I can't answer your other questions, sorry0-

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  • 0You may be talking about the "prehensile" mode?
  • But then, if you use "drop", it's no longer in the prehensile mode, since you don't have the object in your hand anymore02br 02br 00I can't answer your other questions, sorry0-
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0You may be talking about the "prehensile" mode? But then, if you use "drop", it's no longer in the prehensile mode, since you don't have the object in your hand anymore02br
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0Hello Anon02br
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00The "subject complement" is a word or phrase that tells us more about the subject, e.g.02br
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001. MrQ is 01u00a very strange fellow02u00.02br
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002. Juventus are 01u00top of the Italian football league02u00.02br
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0Sorry, Pieanne, I didn't see you there!02br
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00I'm not sure "prehensile" is the correct term – though I have heard "prehensive", for statements or ejaculations suggesting "sudden realisation". 02br
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00Is that what you were thinking of?02br
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0Yes, but once he dropped the tickets, it can't be the prehensile mood anymore, can it?0-
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0Oh, sorry for my mistake, MrP. "Prehensive", of course ...02br
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00Yes, that's about what I was thinking of, but a statement expressing "sudden realisation", such as "MrQ is a very strange fellow" can hardly be "prehensive", can it? Or can you feel it at all?0-
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0Actually, I think #1 01i00can02i00 be prehensive.02br
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00MrP sees MrQ in his front garden at midnight. MrQ is digging a large hole. "I always thought that MrQ was the epitome of normality," thinks MrP. "But now I realise that he's a very strange fellow indeed." 02br
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00I'd call that the "prehensive" mood. But I can't think o
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0 There's some more about it here:[url="05000"]The Prehensive Mood.[/url] 02br
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0Thank you for the link.02br
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00I can see what you mean about #1. But if MrQ 01b00is 02b00the epitome of normality in the eyes of MrP, how can that digging be classified under the" prehensive mood"? His mood must have been elsewhere?02br
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00On the other hand, if the ball was well played by the football team, then the epitomy
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0With MrQ, he would be "normal" (in MrP's view) up to the moment where MrP espies him digging his hole, and only thereafter a "strange fellow". Thus MrP's *********** at that point might be classified as "prehensive".02br
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00I think in the context of Juventus, we would have to assume that the ball was very badly played indeed, I'm afraid.02br
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0I don't understand a thing at football, I'm afraid, so you don't think it can be prehensive at that stage?02br
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00As to MrP, I don't see how his *********** could be qualified of "prehensive"! even if he thought MrQ was "normal" before... 05000 How can an *********** be "prehensive"? A hand could be, but... he didn't put a hand on MrsQ, did he? Or was it Mrs Q?
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