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Tkacka15 Posted 8 years ago
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They wowed audiences

they wowed audiences

Is wowed an ergative verb in "they wowed audiences"?


I think it is.

  

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What makes you think it might be? You need to show the ergative property of the verb. com/definition/ergative Incidentally, it's not a term that is used much since English does not have an ergative case.

  • What makes you think it might be?
  • You need to show the ergative property of the verb.
  • com/definition/ergative Incidentally, it's not a term that is used much since English does not have an ergative case.
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What makes you think it might be? You need to show the ergative property of the verb.

See here:

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ergative

Incidentally, it's not a term that is used much since English does not have an ergative case.

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