RE: (Slight) HUMOUR: Banned Words

Subject: RE: (Slight) HUMOUR: Banned Words
From: "Tom Johnson" <johnsont -at- starcutter -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 12:57:43 -0500

There is no noun that cannot be verbed!

Tom Johnson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-techwr-l-81996 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
> [mailto:bounce-techwr-l-81996 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of Scott
> Browne
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 15:07
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: (Slight) HUMOUR: Banned Words
>
>
> Nope. It's "to verb". The act of making a noun into a verb is
> "verbing".
>
> "They verb words."
> "Verbing words is common in the media."
> "Many writers do not like seeing nouns verbed."
>
> Hey, we might as well make the act of doing it fit the profile.
>
> ;)
>
> Scott
>


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