Sunday 2 November 2014

Grammatical Reactances Of Figures: Participation

Halliday & Matthiessen (1999: 135):
Material clauses have a special pro-verb, do (to/with), as in what he did to the lawn was mow it. This does not occur in mental clauses: what he did to the story was believe it; nor in relational ones: what he did to the lawn-mower was have it.