Kurtagag@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 days agoWhats your favourite four letter word?message-squaremessage-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down11
arrow-up150arrow-down1message-squareWhats your favourite four letter word?Kurtagag@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square82linkfedilink
minus-squarehallettj@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoThis is a lovely write-up! I have one nit to pick: I think “Mary was fucked by John” is a passive-voice use of the transitive verb. OTOH “This guy fucks.” is unambiguously intransitive.
minus-squareNichtElias@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoAlso in “John really gives a fuck,” and “Mary really doesn’t give a fuck,” fuck is a noun and the verb is give
This is a lovely write-up! I have one nit to pick: I think “Mary was fucked by John” is a passive-voice use of the transitive verb. OTOH “This guy fucks.” is unambiguously intransitive.
Also in “John really gives a fuck,” and “Mary really doesn’t give a fuck,” fuck is a noun and the verb is give