Talk:ergative
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Backinstadiums in topic Usage note
Usage note
editVerbs that are ergative with some nouns are not ergative with others, so you couldn’t change I broke a bad habit into ✳A bad habit broke. Because the ergative verb eliminates the actor altogether, sentences that use it suggest some action that takes place spontaneously --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:37, 16 August 2021 (UTC)