marek@iuvax.UUCP (06/01/83)
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)