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Old 18-Oct-2005, 11:15
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Default Re: passive participles

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Originally Posted by M56
Yes, you've missed the fact that you can opt out of threads that you cannot contribute to in a positive way.
Thanks for reminding me.
In fact, I was just trying to figure out what your purpose was from the point of view of a teacher whose aim is to have his pupils use a language.
Yours is the grammarian's, well, at least that's what I can gather from your posts.
A little bit like there are entomologists who spend their lives categorizing insects pinned on cardboard, whereas others observe their behaviour in their natural environment.
Both are probably useful to science, although I'm not really into entomology.

Alain
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