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Andrew Plotkin wrote:

> (In the mental search-space (as it were), "put X in mysterious
> machine" is one "verb", as is "wave wand at X". You don't consider
> "wave machine at X" or "put Y in wand".)

Now, now.  That all depends on how stuck and/or bored one has become...


