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 about 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 about 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 about 8 years ago
boring…..?
shipl14 about 8 years ago
I don’t think I can participle in this
Godfreydaniel about 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.”