nicely written.
> You can't similarly transform intransitive verbs because they require a preposition. In German, you would say a for-ask or an of-ask, but we don't accept that in English.
i think i'll have a bit of a lie-down now....
> You can't similarly transform intransitive verbs because they require a preposition. In German, you would say a for-ask or an of-ask, but we don't accept that in English.
i think i'll have a bit of a lie-down now....
Maybe in your lean-to? (Only other example I can think of quickly.)
More seriously, thanks to the grand-parent for squelching the preposition nonsense so soundly.