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These potatoes peel easily.
Lekakou
[2]
Damp clothes iron easily. ( * Damp
clothes iron carefully.)
Fagan 3.
[3]
can
can possibility
The clock winds easily. ( The clock
, can be wound easily.)
4
The brush paints well.
This paper copies easily.
[4]
+
1. +
NP+VP+Adv
This drill handles nicely. ( People
handle this drill nicely.)
2. Rizzi
[5]
1.
,
This book translates well. ( *This book 1.
translates. *This book well translates.)
2
The wall was painted on purpose. / by Tom.
* Walls painted easily on purpose. / by Tom.
The key doesn t turn. 2
The car might steer.
Bananas do strip.
Bureaucrats BRIBE.
Few bureaucrats bribe.
3
*The book sells deliberately. / to make money.
The book is sold deliberately. / to make money.
3
*Bureaucrats bribed / are bribing easily.
*Bureaucrats bribe easily every day. The door will not open. (
4 )
for The door will not be opened.
, 4
Books about herself read quickly for Mary.
Keyser & Roeper This judge bribes easily. ( This judge is
[6] easily bribed.)
Perlmutter [7]
The ice melted. / The ice is melting.
Bureaucrats bribe easily. ( * Bureau-
crats are bribing easily. * Bribe easily, Bureau-
crats ! )
4.
all by oneself
The ship sank all by itself.
*This book reads easily all by itself.
1
The stick broke. ( *The stick of this kind
broke.)
The river froze solid. / The vase broke into
pieces.