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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread carrying #113452 10/11/2003 1:17 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I wonder what "carrying" means in this sentence: "Tumbled about among the spread nets and the glass frames sparkling and winking in the sun, there were such heaps of drooping pods, and marrows, and cucumbers, that every foot of ground appeared a vegetable treasury, while the smell of sweet herbs and all kinds of wholesome growth (to say nothing of the neighbouring meadows where the hay was carrying ) made the whole air a great nosegay. " Perhaps meaning the seed heads were forming, as fruit trees are said to "bear". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: carrying #113453 10/11/2003 1:27 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Sound good to me, Dr Bill. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: carrying #113454 10/12/2003 2:56 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Is this from Dickens? In his day the passive continuous doesn't seem to have been securely established (of course I can't think of any examples) and the active used instead. So 'the hay was carrying' = 'the hay was being carried'. I vaguely remember seeing 'the house was building' being used for 'the house was being built' in early 20th century books. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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