On 8/17/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ian Kelly wrote: > >So "I become active" will no longer be an acceptable variant of "I > >flip my activity to active"? > > I think it would reasonably imply that you are flipping your activity. > To say "I make myself active" would be a more direct synonym of "I > flip my activity to active", and it's clearer when interpreted as plain > English too.
It seems to me that the explicit definition of "become" creates an ambiguity in meaning that prevents R754(1) from applying. I would also argue thet "I make myself active" is closer in meaning to "I become active" than to "I flip my activity to active." -root
