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More on "invisible or not" verbs: Miller began a b

Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:50 pm
by metal56
In "Miller began a book", can we know whether Miller began to read, write or bind a book?

Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 9:54 pm
by JuanTwoThree
No. Nor even if he was the first character mentioned in a book.

It could even be that Miller started to take bets!

Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 11:34 pm
by metal56
JuanTwoThree wrote:No. Nor even if he was the first character mentioned in a book.

It could even be that Miller started to take bets!
It could be. What if we added "Henry" before Miller?