The meaning must allow degrees, as beauty or generosity does. “To die” is a standard example of a non-gradable event that lacks the usual direct pattern.
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Condition 6: Gradability
The Two Exclamatory Verbs: Forms, Rules and Parsing
The meaning must allow degrees, as beauty or generosity does. “To die” is a standard example of a non-gradable event that lacks the usual direct pattern.