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Saturday, October 4, 2008

More grammar oddities

Why can we say

"A bird with red wings was observed."
"A bird with red wings was seen."
"The observed bird had red wings."

but not

"The seen bird had red wings."?
Posted by Skullturf Q. Beavispants at 5:14 p.m.

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