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[edit]According to the Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, page 120
read and write are atelic, but adding an object that is ‘bounded’ yields a telic expression: [13 ] She’s writing a note [telic: accomplishment] ii She’s writing notes. [atelic: activity]
What does bounded mean here? --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:35, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
Determined; resolved
[edit](adj.) bound (etymology 3) 1. Confined by bonds; tied: bound hostages. 2. Being under legal or moral obligation: bound by my promise. 3. Equipped with a cover or binding: bound volumes. 4. Predetermined; certain: We're bound to be late. 5. Determined; resolved: Many public policy students are bound to be politicians one day.