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Why the passive voice--who doesn't consider underpants to be an object? I think they are an object, as are most discrete solids (a rock is an object, dirt is n
by sk5t 11y ago
Why the passive voice--who doesn't consider underpants to be an object? I think they are an object, as are most discrete solids (a rock is an object, dirt is not; underpants are an object, water in a cup is not an object, but the cup is).
- pbhjpbhj 11y agoYes, of course strictly, scientifically, speaking they are an object. But people don't talk about underpants as an object. Particularly with the weird plural-like singular. Similarly if you asked "What item ..." in UK English at least we talk about "items of clothing" rather than "clothing objects" and so the question starting "What item" is far more likely to get an item of clothing as a response. "What does this remind you of?" is less leading. I'm tempted in to a diatribe on the epistemological bounds of the category of things that constitute "objects" but it would probably be less than edifying for the rest of you so I'll keep it to myself!