[Ads-l] engulf, v. intr.

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 7:26 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> "A minute later, the car engulfs in flame."


I started to laugh, till it struck me that millions of people see nothing
wrong with this kind of thing. Perhaps somebody in the 22nd C. will write,

"A minute later, the car is engulfed in flame"

and give some old-school grammarian a chuckle.

Youneverknow.
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