[Ads-l] According to a YouTube how-to,
Arnold M. Zwicky
zwicky at STANFORD.EDU
Mon May 7 13:30:43 UTC 2018
> On May 6, 2018, at 1:03 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> You should use vinegar around the house because, among other things, it can
> "Clean metal parts from rust"
> Shouldn't that be,
> "Clean rust from metal parts"?
> I would accept,
> "Clean metal parts _of_ rust"
> in an emergency.
4/27/12: Reversed CLEAR verbs:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/04/27/reversed-clear-verbs/
4/28/12: Two remarks on reversals:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/04/28/two-remarks-on-reversals/
on reversed CLEAR and SUBSTITUTE; contexts favoring the latter
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