LL-L "Grammar" 2009.05.27 (06) [EN]

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From: Kevin & Cheryl Caldwell <kevin.caldwell1963 at verizon.net>
Subject: LL-L "Grammar" 2009.05.27 (05) [EN]

What about:

His eyes were sunken.

Or…

The ship was sunken when they found it.  Vs.  The ship was sunk off the
coast of Florida 400 years ago.  Vs.  The ship sank off the coast of Florida
400 years ago.

In this last set, the first sentence means that the sinking occurred at some
point before they found it (“was sunk” could mean that the sinking occurred
when they found it).  The second sentence could imply that the sinking was
caused by enemy action (or maybe a storm), while the last doesn’t really
suggest anything about why it sank.

Kevin Caldwell

Laurel, MD

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