What's up with the following pair of sentences? 1. The Smiths are selling their furniture. 2. The plants are selling like hotcakes. - #1 is obviously a standard present progressive SVO. Is #2 just an intransitive form of "to sell"? - Are there other examples like this or is this idiosyncratic to "sell"? Just thought of another possible candidate: - John is growing cauliflower. - The cauliflower is growing bigger every day. Thanks, John To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/