³the incomplete grandiosity of R ussia ²

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Olga Meerson wrote:

> Paul, you are correct about most assumptions and notions of default
> meanings, except the fact that несостоявшееся is not passive but
> reflexive, moreover, without the parallel transitive meaning in the
> non-reflexive. (Состоять means to consist and is NOT transitive).

I thought someone here would flag that.

I didn't mean "passive" in the strict grammatical sense, on which you 
are correct. Rather, I meant that the subject (Russia) takes no overt 
action to produce the result, she merely sits back and lets it happen.

-- 
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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