[lit-ideas] Re: Human beings.
- From: "Kahn, Rupert" <R.D.Kahn@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 21:54:52 +0100
More on gerunds
http://www.stcustards.free-online.co.uk/topp/latin/latin2.htm
Enjoy
Rupert
Sheffield
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From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mike Geary
Sent: 05 September 2007 21:27
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Human beings.
But what about verb words that are not gerunds? Is the noun 'hit' derived from
a once metaphorical use of the verb 'hit'? and what of 'kick' and 'run' and
'balk' and 'bother' and 'stroll' -- were they originally nouns or verbs? What
about expressions such as "a god-send". I don't know the answer to these
questions. can you answer them for me? Hey, there's another one! They're like
flies -- oh, no, is that one too?
Mike Geary
nouning verbs in Memphis
----- Original Message -----
From: Lawrence Helm <mailto:lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:48 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Human beings.
When verbs function as nouns they are called gerunds, e.g., "asking" in
"do you mind my asking you?" [example from the Oxford Dictionary of English]
Lawrence.
------------Original Message------------
From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, Sep-4-2007 8:44 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Human beings.
Does this work the other way around? Do verbs turn into nouns?
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Paul" <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 8:09 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Human beings.
>>> I just heard someone say "incentivize" on public TV.
>
>> That's been around for a long time. yrs,
>
> Where there's a noun, there will soon be a verb. (One of Paul's many
laws)
>
> Robert Paul
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