[Ads-l] Adage: There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
wrote:

> The reflexive is used for both a passive, as in Wilson's version, and a
> true reflexive.
>

Or, to put it another way, the reflexive is used for both a true reflexive,
as in Larry's version, and a passive. ;-)

Youneverknow.


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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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