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Firespeaker: /* carry, pick up, lift */

2025-11-27T16:22:03Z

carry, pick up, lift

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	* "pick up" (achievement/accomplishment) is about the agent acquiring the patient, and feels a bit inchoative		* "pick up" (achievement/accomplishment) is about the agent acquiring the patient, and feels a bit inchoative
	* "lift" is about either an agent moving a patient up (achievement) or the agent holding a patient up (state)		* "lift" is about either an agent moving a patient up (achievement) or the agent holding a patient up (state)

			=== wear, put on ===
			* "put on" is like an inchoative version of "wear"

2025-11-27T16:20:15Z

take, get

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	* "take" seems to add a nuance of someone else being deprived of something		* "take" seems to add a nuance of someone else being deprived of something
	* "get" can still involve being an active agent in making oneself receive something		* "get" can still involve being an active agent in making oneself receive something

			=== carry, pick up, lift ===
			* "carry" (activity) means the agent already is holding the patient (has picked it up)
			* "pick up" (achievement/accomplishment) is about the agent acquiring the patient, and feels a bit inchoative
			* "lift" is about either an agent moving a patient up (achievement) or the agent holding a patient up (state)

2025-04-18T12:46:45Z

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	* "since" means something is still ongoing		* "since" means something is still ongoing
	* "starting" doesn't mean it's still ongoing		* "starting" doesn't mean it's still ongoing

			=== since, because ===
			* "because" seems to explain the reasoning behind the matrix clause's semantics
			* "since" seems to more remind the interlocutor of the reasoning behind the matrix clause's semantics

	=== watch, look at ===		=== watch, look at ===

2025-03-26T19:55:40Z

out, outside

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	* "out" = not at the house = somewhere else		* "out" = not at the house = somewhere else
	* "outside" = not in the house = but often at the house (i.e., not out)		* "outside" = not in the house = but often at the house (i.e., not out)

			=== go home, go inside ===
			similar to out, outside
			* "go home" means you're not near the house, it's not about going into the house
			* "go inside" means going into the house (or other structure), once you're already near it

	=== before, until ===		=== before, until ===

2025-03-26T19:53:01Z

even though, even if

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	* "even though" makes the matrix phrase depend on something that actually happened/happens/will happen		* "even though" makes the matrix phrase depend on something that actually happened/happens/will happen
	* "even if" makes the matrix phrase depend on something that is only hypothetical		* "even if" makes the matrix phrase depend on something that is only hypothetical

			=== take, get ===
			* "take" seems to add a nuance of someone else being deprived of something
			* "get" can still involve being an active agent in making oneself receive something

2022-06-25T11:42:14Z

even though, even if

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	=== even though, even if ===		=== even though, even if ===
	** "even though" makes the matrix phrase depend on something that actually happened/happens/will happen		* "even though" makes the matrix phrase depend on something that actually happened/happens/will happen
	** "even if" makes the matrix phrase depend on something that is only hypothetical		* "even if" makes the matrix phrase depend on something that is only hypothetical

2022-06-25T11:42:00Z

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	* "so" if you haven't already talked about the thing after it ("so I went shopping")		* "so" if you haven't already talked about the thing after it ("so I went shopping")

	== even though, even if ==		=== even though, even if ===
	** "even though" makes the matrix phrase depend on something that actually happened/happens/will happen		** "even though" makes the matrix phrase depend on something that actually happened/happens/will happen
	** "even if" makes the matrix phrase depend on something that is only hypothetical		** "even if" makes the matrix phrase depend on something that is only hypothetical

2022-06-24T23:08:18Z

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	* "that's why" if you've already talked about the thing after it ("that's why I went shopping")		* "that's why" if you've already talked about the thing after it ("that's why I went shopping")
	* "so" if you haven't already talked about the thing after it ("so I went shopping")		* "so" if you haven't already talked about the thing after it ("so I went shopping")

			== even though, even if ==
			** "even though" makes the matrix phrase depend on something that actually happened/happens/will happen
			** "even if" makes the matrix phrase depend on something that is only hypothetical

2022-03-02T05:07:23Z

before, until

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	* "until" if event has stages or iterations that can continue preceding reference event and end upon reference event		* "until" if event has stages or iterations that can continue preceding reference event and end upon reference event
	Or maybe it's just about the presence ("before") or absence ("until") of a gap of time between the event and the reference event.		Or maybe it's just about the presence ("before") or absence ("until") of a gap of time between the event and the reference event.

			=== that's why, so ===
			both explain that the thing before is a reason for the thing after, but they differ in their uses:
			* "that's why" if you've already talked about the thing after it ("that's why I went shopping")
			* "so" if you haven't already talked about the thing after it ("so I went shopping")

2022-02-14T15:28:43Z

before, until

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	* "before" if event has a stage that can start or end preceding reference event		* "before" if event has a stage that can start or end preceding reference event
	* "until" if event has stages or iterations that can continue preceding reference event and end upon reference event		* "until" if event has stages or iterations that can continue preceding reference event and end upon reference event
			Or maybe it's just about the presence ("before") or absence ("until") of a gap of time between the event and the reference event.