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are drinking
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:19 am
by metal56
Is this acceptable English, IYO? Would you teach it?
"The 1972s, at only $800 a bottle, are drinking so much better at the moment."
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:23 pm
by strider
IMHO it sounds weird to me. But then again, I don't get invited to those kinds of parties.
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:26 pm
by Stephen Jones
What are you objecting to? The ergative or the anaphora?
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:29 am
by metal56
Stephen Jones wrote:What are you objecting to? The ergative or the anaphora?
Who is your question directed at?
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:04 pm
by lolwhites
Looks odd to me. I guess it's being used the same way as sell in
The latest edition of Headache is selling well, but it sounds more like
The caviare is eating well.
Mind you, the
only$800 a bottle bit is rather startling too. Was it a corporate client?
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:24 am
by metal56
lolwhites wrote:Looks odd to me. I guess it's being used the same way as sell in The latest edition of Headache is selling well, but it sounds more like The caviare is eating well.
Or "Chunky, the soup that eats like a meal."
Campbell's.