I just read that &quot;tomatoes are abundant in antioxidants.&quot; Curiously we could also say that &quot;antioxidants are abundant in tomatoes&quot; and describe the same factual condition. <br><br>There are some &quot;symmetric&quot; predicates (such as &quot;be married to&quot;) that allow a switch of subject and object: If X is married to Y, then Y is married to X. But in these the predicate retains the same meaning. With &quot;be abundant in,&quot; the symmetry relies on different synonyms: [be abundant in = contain many] vs. [be abundant in = widely populate]. I wonder if there are any other predicates that allow a subject/object reversal and retain meaning courtesy of a synonym shift. <br>
<br>Dick Veit<br>
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