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Subject:Re: word usage From:David Downing <DavidDowning -at- USERS -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 8 Mar 1999 13:56:11 -0500
To some extent, it's a matter of linguistic drift. Some of these "vouns"
and "nerbs" I can live with, but other rub me the wrong way. I think it's
really a pretty subjective matter.
> I was always taught that nouns should not be used as verbs.