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“[[Obligated]]” is only a word if you have | “[[Obligated]]” is only a word if you have an 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 [[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]]. |