do, v.i.

[Jonathan Lighter]

No.

JL

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I see "do" meaning, in this sentence, "act", as in "take action".
> Would "act" be transitive?
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> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Ronald Butters <ronbutters at aol.com>
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> > Actually, I think what Christ said was "Do unto others as you would have
> them do unto you."
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> > It is transitive if you count the deleted "something" as the direct
> object--but we find a deleted something in all of JL's examples as well.
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> > "Do [something] unto others which is identical to something that you
> would like them to do to you."
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