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Old 07-Jun-2004, 21:23
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Public Verb is as I understand; a verb whose meaning includes or implies the idea of 'speaking', taking that-clause expressing a factual proposition; contrasted with a private verb.

Examples: affirm, announce, boast, confirm, declare

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Old 07-Jun-2004, 21:26
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Public Verb is as I understand; a verb whose meaning includes or implies the idea of 'speaking', taking that-clause expressing a factual proposition; contrasted with a private verb.

Examples: affirm, announce, boast, confirm, declare

Are they all correct?

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When confined to "speaking", they are sometimes called discourse public verbs. Your list is good. Here are many others:

http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=speak
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