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“[[Obligated]]” is only a word if you have some kind of aversion to verbs: It started out life as a {{tag|verb}}, inevitably used in the {{tag|passive}} (I am ''[[obliged]]''), was brusquely [[nominalisation|nominalised]] into a {{tag|noun}} (I am subject to an ''obligation'') and then inexpertly retrofitted {{isdaprov|back}} to a {{tag|verb}} again, still in the passive (I am ''[[obligated]]''). | “[[Obligated]]” is only a word if you have some kind of aversion to verbs: It started out life as a {{tag|verb}}, inevitably used in the {{tag|passive}} (I am ''[[obliged]]''), was brusquely [[nominalisation|nominalised]] into a {{tag|noun}} (I am subject to an ''obligation'') and then inexpertly retrofitted {{isdaprov|back}} to a {{tag|verb}} again, still in the passive (I am ''[[obligated]]''). | ||
There's a better, active, English verb: “[[must]]” which, if you are to find favour with people like me, you shall be obligated to [[effect]] the deployment [[of]]. | There's a better, active, English verb: “[[must]]” which, if you are to find favour with people like [[Amwell J|me]], you shall be obligated to [[effect]] the deployment [[of]]. | ||
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Revision as of 14:22, 27 October 2016
“Obligated” is only a word if you have some kind of aversion to verbs: It started out life as a verb, inevitably used in the passive (I am obliged), was brusquely nominalised into a noun (I am subject to an obligation) and then inexpertly retrofitted back to a verb again, still in the passive (I am obligated).
There's a better, active, English verb: “must” which, if you are to find favour with people like me, you shall be obligated to effect the deployment of.
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