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Originally Posted by Casiopea
Temico has a valid point.  Having said that, why is it then that our example below does not express the meaning, 'my shirts are to be doing the ironing?
I need my shirts ironing.
The question we should be asking is, why aren't inanimate objects; i.e., my shirts, privy to the same semantic freedoms as animate objects; i.e., my dog, you, Max? |
Logic?
And:
"Walking" is delexicalised in "I need my dog out and walking by six". The meaning on not as with the lexical verb "walk", otherwise one could not allow the dog to run, fetch a ball, sniff lamposts, etc, while
on the walk.
Indirect forms:
"I need my dog out and walking by six".
"My dog should be out and walking by six".
etc.
Direct form:
You (agent) will have my dog (receiver) out and walking by six.