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From: "Frosty75" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Roles in Death and Burial Tags (was Getting rid of Roles)
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 09:42:53 -0600
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Darrell

"Widower" is a noun, not a verb, at least that's what I learned in English
grammer, which doesn't preclude someone trying to make a verb of it.

June Buller
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From: "Darrell" <>
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Subject: Re: [TMG] Roles in Death and Burial Tags (was Getting rid of Roles)


> Hi:
>
> A general question on this topic, relating to
> whether one needs one or two sentences defined
> for a Role with the sentence (for example):
>
> [R:Spouse] was widowed by the death of [P1].
>
> I know that the following is correct:
>
> Susan was widowed by the death of John.
>
> But I think I may have read the following usage:
>
> John was widowered by the death of Susan.
>
> The word "widowered" looks bizarre to me. Can
> anyone shed definitive light on the subject? I am
> not looking for an opinion, I have one of my own
> already [grin], but for an authoritative answer
> preferably with sources cited.
>
> Darrell
>
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