@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 6 days agoWhats your favourite four letter word?message-square82fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down11
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareWhats your favourite four letter word?@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 6 days agomessage-square82fedilink
minus-squarehallettjlinkfedilinkEnglish5•5 days 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@[email protected]linkfedilink4•5 days 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