Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!wivax!linus!allegra!eagle!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!iuvax!marek From: marek@iuvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: "still as a verb" Message-ID: <397@iuvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 1-Jun-83 16:37:59 EDT Article-I.D.: iuvax.397 Posted: Wed Jun 1 16:37:59 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Jun-83 00:43:07 EDT References: uiucdcs.2161 Lines: 17 As a non-native speaker of english, I sometimes get confused over just what English constructs sound "weird" even though they're "legal" English. The use of "still" as a verb, specifically, as an intransitive verb, is one such confusing domain. Consider: -- Still your voice! (not weird, right? -- well, it's trannsitive...) -- Only then did the machine still (hmmm, not quite right...) Merriam-Webster's Third Unabridged recognizes still as both transitive and intransitive verb. My question to the English-speaking world is as follows: Would any of you ever use "still" intransitively and if so when? -- Marek Lugowski Indiana U. CSD ...!puree!iuvax!marek (sorry for typos: english, trannsitive)