Well. he could always reNOUNce gerunds and simply use strong infinitives—or simply say “We” followed by the nouns that have been gerundized. Or stop trying to sound like Charlie Sheen!
Ah but speeches sound so much more action packed in “Ing”-lish…
And grammatically, I’d rather they were “nouning” verbs, with good old fashioned gerunds, than “verbing” nouns…especially when it comes to improbable ones like “securitized,” “friended,” and “dialogued.”Yeah yeah… and “verbing.”
@SusanSunshineMy least favorite (currently) example of verbing a noun would be turning “primary” into a verb: “He was afraid he would be primaried and therefore became more extreme.”
Kind&Kinder over 8 years ago
Well. he could always reNOUNce gerunds and simply use strong infinitives—or simply say “We” followed by the nouns that have been gerundized. Or stop trying to sound like Charlie Sheen!
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 8 years ago
Ah but speeches sound so much more action packed in “Ing”-lish…
And grammatically, I’d rather they were “nouning” verbs, with good old fashioned gerunds, than “verbing” nouns…especially when it comes to improbable ones like “securitized,” “friended,” and “dialogued.”Yeah yeah… and “verbing.”
whiteheron over 8 years ago
boring…..?
shipl14 over 8 years ago
I don’t think I can participle in this
Godfreydaniel over 8 years ago
@SusanSunshineMy least favorite (currently) example of verbing a noun would be turning “primary” into a verb: “He was afraid he would be primaried and therefore became more extreme.”