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Subject:Re: Pet Peeve: Nouns used as Verbs From:Joe Malin <jmalin -at- jmalin -dot- com> To:"Robotti, Anne (Carlin)" <ARobotti -at- CarlinGroup -dot- com> Date:Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:39:34 -0800
Yipe!
When I hear the word "revolver", I reach for my culture.
Robotti, Anne (Carlin) wrote:
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>> So, if I were
>> correcting someone, I would not say "that's bad grammar".
>> Instead, I would point out that "Tom designed that API" is
>> more clear than "Tom architected that design."
>>
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> I'd take out a gun and shoot him dead.
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> I take grammar very seriously.
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> (Is it Friday yet?)
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> Anne
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