Disappeared as transitive

[Jonathan Lighter]

But why disregard the 1961 Heller example?

JL

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 12:26 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> On Mar 18, 2013, at 11:28 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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> > Thanks for the explanation.
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> > At 3/18/2013 08:48 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> >> So in principle "The Disappeared" could refer to those who have
> >> disappeared, rather than those who have *been* disappeared.
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> > I bet you can find both.
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> Not me; I can barely find my keys and cellphone when they wander off.
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> LH
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