" to shod " !!

[Alison Murie]

On Sep 2, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:

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> At 1:55 PM -0400 9/2/09, Wilson Gray wrote:
>> It means "To runners who are shod, ... " = "To runners who have shoes
>> on, ... " right? What's wrong with that? That's *nothing* like
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>> "As he quietly and carefully _trodded_ the almost-unseen trail, he
>> was
>> alert to the possibility of booby-traps."
>>
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> I agree that Alison's example involves a participial adjective
> modifying "runners", and that "to shod" is not a constituent there.
> But it's not hard to google up examples where it is:
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> In the Web series, Puma will shod dancer characters with its sneakers
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> Nike also will shod Vince Carter in red, white and blue versions of
> his signature VC IV shoe.
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> I will shod my feed with the preparation of the gospel of peace.
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> (These are all from googling "will shod".)
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> I know, SOTAs.  Or SsOTA, if you prefer.
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> LH
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>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Alison Murie<sagehen7470 at att.net>
>> wrote:
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>>>  From an NYT article  in the Health section:
>>> "To shod runners, the idea of running without a shoe sounds
>>> impossible."
>>> This one makes me grit my teeth, but probably someone will find that
>>> it has become a common usage.
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Ach!   Of course I chose the wrong example.  There were others of the
sort Larry cites & I carelessly chose the wrong one for my post.
AM

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