jlg@lanl-a.UUCP (09/22/84)
>> "I had a book stolen" >> >>was FIVE ways ambiguous. I can get three readings easily. >> >> 1) I caused it to happen that a book was stolen. >> 2) I was robbed of a book. >> 3) I possessed a book which was stolen. >> Meaning 3 above is either equivalent to meaning 2, or it means "I had a stolen book" or "I had a 'hot' book". In either case it is not a new meaning for the original phrase. How about: 3) I had a 'stolen' of the 'book' variety.