Jerome Conway wrote: > Oh, never mind. But the one link he offered linked in turn to some sound > advice: > > How to Not Get Hit by Cars > important lessons on Bicycle Safety: > http://bicyclesafe.com/ > ==UNQUOTE===
Mark Spahn responded: > Thanks for that link, which is interesting on its own, > but also for two linguistic points. > (1) "The Uninsured Motorist clause on your auto insurance > may pay if you're hit & runned while bicycling." > Interesting form of the transitive verb "to hit-and-run (someone)". You mean "hit-and-run" as a single transitive verb?? Or "runned" similar to 逃げられた（ie, 自動詞の受身） in Japanese? Anyway, none of my dictionaries lists "runned" as a past or perfect form of "run." > Kind of like the baseball term "to fly out", neaning to > score an "out" by means of a fly ball. I think people > say "He flied out", not "He flew out" (??????????). Random House Webster's Unabridged is quite helpful. fly1 ... flew or, for 11, 19, flied v.i. ... 11. Baseball. a. to bat a fly ball: He flied into right field. b. to fly out. ... v.t. ... 19. Theat. a. to hang (scenery) above a stage by means of rigging supported by the gridiron. b. to raise (scenery) from the stage or acting area into the flies. > (2) "The one link he offered linked in turn to some sound advice." > I actually offered three links, but this use of "the" is correct. > The "the" is not an assertion that there was just one link, but rather > has the connotation that "that one link", unlike the others, (was good). Interesting in that on hearing the utterance in question nobody (but the speaker) knows which of the three links was referred to. That is, "that one link" is "definite" only for the speaker. Shinya Suzuki --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages prior to posting, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
