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Re: "display" -- not just a transitive verb any more
Subject:Re: "display" -- not just a transitive verb any more From:Sue Stewart <suepstewrt -at- AOL -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 9 May 1994 21:39:52 EDT
>>Hmm... The only non-transitive form of display as a verb that
>>I know about is "to make a breeding display <penguins ~ed and
>>copulated>" (from Mirriam Webster's Collegiate, 10th ed).
>>So, what *is* the gestation period for all these <whatever> windows,
>>anyway? :-)<<
I ADORE this comment. Too bad that "display" is a noun in the example ...
:^) suepstewrt -at- aol -dot- com
