Posted by Dinah on January 25, 2007, at 9:42:00
In reply to Re: related questions, posted by Dr. Bob on January 25, 2007, at 0:28:39
> Well, I don't know about "always". For example, what about:
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> > I felt harassed by Elaine.
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> BobDoes it make a sentence civil to merely leave the subject implied rather than directly stated? So that in the same post "I felt harassed" would be an ok statement about an internal state while "I felt harassed by xxx." would not be a reference to an internal state? It would seem pretty easy to drop the subject, not name names, but still be conveying exactly the same thing.
http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=harassed
Perhaps modern common useage of the word "harassed" is guiding my understanding here. But as Elaine pointed out, "I felt unheard" sound like a perfectly civil "I" statement while "I felt ignored" does not appear to me to have the same meaning since "I felt ignored" sounds as if there is an implied subject. I admit it's better than "I've been ignored." But ignored doesn't sound like an internal state, it sounds like.... oooh, I need my husband. Grammar is his hobby. Something about verbs?
Is there some sort of SAT exam answer to
Unheard is to ignored as xxxx is to harassed?
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