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“[[Obligated]]” is only a word if you have an aversion to verbs: It started out life as a {{tag|verb}} | “[[Obligated]]” is only a word if you have an aversion to verbs: It started out life as a {{tag|verb}}. [[Mediocre lawyer|Fastidious draftspeople]] inevitably put it into the {{tag|passive}} (I am ''[[obliged]]''), brusquely [[nominalisation|nominalised]] it into a {{tag|noun}} (I am subject to an ''obligation'') and then inexpertly retrofitted it{{isdaprov|back}} to a {{tag|verb}} again, still in the passive (I am ''[[obligated]]''). | ||
For a ninja trick put it in the [[future perfect]] [[passive]]: “I shall have been obligated”. | |||
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]]. | 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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*The [[future perfect]]'s not what it used to be expected to be going to have been. | |||
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Revision as of 09:33, 29 March 2018
“Obligated” is only a word if you have an aversion to verbs: It started out life as a verb. Fastidious draftspeople inevitably put it into the passive (I am obliged), brusquely nominalised it into a noun (I am subject to an obligation) and then inexpertly retrofitted itback to a verb again, still in the passive (I am obligated).
For a ninja trick put it in the future perfect passive: “I shall have been 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.
See also
- The future perfect's not what it used to be expected to be going to have been.
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