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“[[Obligated]]” is only a word if you have some kind of aversion to verbs: It is a {{tag|verb}}, inevitably used in the passive (I am ''[[obliged]]'') that was then [[nominalisation|nominalised]] into a {{tag|noun}} (I am subject to an ''obligation'') and then inexpertly converted {{isdaprov|back}} to a {{tag|verb}} again (I am ''[[obligated]]''). There's a better, active, English verb: “[[must]]”. | “[[Obligated]]” is only a word if you have some kind of aversion to verbs: It is a {{tag|verb}}, inevitably used in the {{tag|passive}} (I am ''[[obliged]]'') that was then [[nominalisation|nominalised]] into a {{tag|noun}} (I am subject to an ''obligation'') and then inexpertly converted {{isdaprov|back}} to a {{tag|verb}} again (I am ''[[obligated]]''). There's a better, active, English verb: “[[must]]”. | ||
Revision as of 09:00, 14 September 2016
“Obligated” is only a word if you have some kind of aversion to verbs: It is a verb, inevitably used in the passive (I am obliged) that was then nominalised into a noun (I am subject to an obligation) and then inexpertly converted back to a verb again (I am obligated). There's a better, active, English verb: “must”.