Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] New verb!

["Jonathan King" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On 6/5/07, Mark Rages <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> On 6/3/07, Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > It can be, but "flawed", the adjective comes from "flawed", the past
> > participle of (wait for it) "flaw". The distinction can be subtle, but
> > "flawed" can be used in a "full" passive clause:
> >
> > The process was flawed by the ignorance of the selection panel.
>
> That sentence sounds wrong to my ear.  I guess I need to practice
> using "flaw" this way.

Well, it's good enough for government work. :-)

More seriously, a google search for "was/is flawed by" (with plus
signs where needed) picks up tens of thousands of hits, mostly in
headline-like settings. So I guess here's another way to look at it:

Term                # of Google hits
"flawed"                  19,500,000
"was/is flawed"         2,200,000
"flawed by"                 435,000
"was/is flawed by"       127,000

Uses of "flawed" preceded by a copula or followed by "by" would pretty
much have to been as verbal by a linguist (no, I am not going to get
sucked into a small clause discussion) so I guess I would estimate
that "flawed" is used as a verb of some sort at least 10% of the time,
according to the Google.

jking




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