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"There are people [VERB] in [COUNTRY]" has never been a satisfactory argument to me, and this seems to just be the digital version of that.
by georgespencer 14y ago
"There are people [VERB] in [COUNTRY]" has never been a satisfactory argument to me, and this seems to just be the digital version of that.
- thinkingisfun 14y ago"There are people [VERB]" better?
- thinkingisfun 14y agoWhat? The argument is that people are X, and in what country they are X is completely irrelevant. It's called being a human, try it sometimes.
- pessimizer 14y ago"Are" is the verb. I didn't understand what you wrote because of that until after a few passes. Try [GERUND] or better, [VERBing], maybe?
- corin_ 14y agoA gerund is just a form of verb, it doesn't prevent it from also being a verb.
- jwoah12 14y agoIt is a form of a verb, but it essentially becomes a noun. Which brings me to my next point- [VERBing] is a participle in this case, not a gerund, since it's an adjective modifying "people."
- corin_ 14y agoIt doesn't become an adjective, it very much remains a verb. If it is, for example, "people dying" then it's not saying "they are dying people", it is saying that the people are currently dying, i.e. an action, using a verb.
- pessimizer 14y ago"People are dying" Doesn't make dying a verb any more than "people are fish" makes fish a verb. >it is saying that the people are currently dying
- paduc 14y agoHow about just [SENTENCE] ?
- lilsunnybee 14y agoWhether you personally like an argument or not has no standing on its validity and strength.