[lit-ideas] Re: curious phenomenon
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 09:06:50 -0800
Yesterday I heard someone use "positive" as a noun. "We have to look at it
as a positive."
Isn't that an implied noun? The "positive" is still an adjective. "...as an positive
(event)."
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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From: "Paul Stone" <pastone@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 8:44 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: curious phenomenon
On 12/7/06, JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx <JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx> wrote:
I see that "favorite" has in my internet absence become an infinitive
verb. Note that this video was not favored 919 times, but "favorited". The
morphing of language is always so curious...
Blech!
barely hanging on,
p
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