@Kurtagag@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 8 months agoWhats your favourite four letter word?message-square76fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down11
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareWhats your favourite four letter word?@Kurtagag@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squarehallettjlinkfedilinkEnglish5•8 months 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-square@NichtElias@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink4•8 months 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