It felt so good to wash the kitchen floor that I took a set of muslin curtains down and put them in the washing machine with some other things.
I turned on the machine and forgot about it.
When I opened the washer the next day my knickers and t-shirts were bound round with shreds of semi-digested rags - it took a full ten minutes to remember about the curtains.
Unaccusative.
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Jim Bisso’s The Morphology of Peevology Facebook post says (I’ve added
links): Language Jones does a good job of explaining unaccusative verbs (as
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Yikes! Were the curtains especially delicate or did the washing machine go bonkers?
ReplyDeleteI'm going to attempt to wash two wool scarves today...
Always pay attention to Scarlet - should've asked her first!
DeleteWoolite, Mr Lax!
ReplyDeleteAlways be careful about the detergent you use with woollens. And muslin.
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I know I know ... I'll probably never do anything like this again *shamefaced*
DeleteI knew about Woolite and wool, but not muslin. So many pitfalls!
ReplyDeleteBy chance, I ran my first ever batch of wool tartan scarves in the washing machine on Saturday. Woolite, hand-washing cycle, air dry. The scarves were perfect!