I was amazed, as a child, by opposites. My mom and I would play "the opposite game," which simply entailed her giving me a word and I would quickly respond with whatever the opposite was (complicated and exciting game, I know.) In light of this, a recent conversation peaked my interest:
"What's the opposite of passive voice...active voice...?"
"Maybe...I mean, everything has an opposite, right?"
"Yeah. Well, no. I mean...table. Table doesn't have an opposite."
"Sure it does. [Long pause for thought]. Chair? Empty space?"
"No."
Obviously, the actual language isn't potent at all, but I find the subject matter compelling (I definitely just revised that sentence to eliminate a "to be" verb).
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