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Case (c), in which one car of a thought-train may be said 
to be drawn by the rear-end, is often first thought backward 
and expressed by the passive voice. For instance, “I have the 
book you desire” is displaced by “I have the book desired 
by you.” Consideration of the passive voice however would 
essentially repeat conclusions to be derived from examination 
of the active. This aspect of Case (c) accordingly will be neg¬ 
lected. 
When on the other hand Case (c) is expressed by the active 
voice, as in “I have the book you desire,” its interpretation in¬ 
volves the repetition of an effort made in a “Revision of the 
Pronouns” (pages 97-102)—an effort in this case to exhibit 
“You desire” as a restrictive adjunct of “book.” Such a rep¬ 
etition would not bring to the classification of verbal hybrids, 
for which I am now preparing, any aid which is not offered al¬ 
so by case (&). Accordingly this aspect also of case (c) will 
for the present be overlooked. 
(5) Its double factorships. 
From the preceding sections it appears that any factor of 
lateral thought may also be used as any factor of central 
thought; that the use of a lateral factor as central mid-term has 
no practical importance; that its use as central first term does 
not need to be examined; that moreover the lateral last term 
does not need to be considered in any central factorship. 
Consideration of double factorships accordingly may be con¬ 
fined for the purpose of initial classification, to the following 
cases: 
(a) the lateral mid-term is central last term. 
(b) the lateral first term is central last term. 
Obviously (b) can develop no usage which in current classi¬ 
fication would be ranked as what I mean by hybrid, but only 
double service as a noun. It will be found however to supply 
the conditions necessary for the occurrence of the verbal ad¬ 
jective and verbal adverb. 
(a), on the other hand, will be found to occasion the verbal 
noun. 
