Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

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poofygoo

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March 21, 2007

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The dog wets vs. The door opens.

  • March 21, 2007, 1:08pm

The dog wets would still be ungrammatical, since as a transitive verb, it still needs to take an object, even if the object is self-referential.