From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   On 2014-05-18 20:52:11 +0000, J.Pascal said:   
   > 10.00g sodium isn't the actor, it's the direct object.   
      
   That's mixing universes of discourse. "Patient" is the opposite of   
   "actor" (or, more usually, "agent") in philosophy. "Direct object" is   
   the opposite of "subject" in grammar.   
      
   --   
   John W Kennedy   
   "The pathetic hope that the White House will turn a Caligula into a   
   Marcus Aurelius is as naïve as the fear that ultimate power inevitably   
   corrupts."   
     -- James D. Barber (1930-2004)   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)