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Old 24-Mar-2007, 01:58
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Default Re: The book reads well.

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the verb expresses not an action, but a state
You too are not understanding the issue with 'reads'.

You say it is describing a 'state', but where is the stative quality in the verb 'reads'? I have asked this several times now but it has not been answered.

As far as I can see there is a circular argument going on here: a verb in a mediopassive construction has to have a stative quality, and it gets that quality by being used in a mediopassive construction.
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