[lit-ideas] Re: Human beings.
- From: "Lawrence Helm"<lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:48:43 +0000
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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