[Wikipedia-l] Re: [Foundation-l] Re: [Wiktionary-l] Article on LISA

[Alphax]

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Mark Williamson wrote:
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> And, for the transcript: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pap
> ... "gove" appear'd ("appeared") to be a noun though. Remember, please
> don't noun verbs. In case you're ("you are") wondering, "noun verbs"
> is a colloquial English phrase meaning "use what is usually a noun as
> if it were a verb". In fact, the word "noun" in the phrase "It's bad
> to noun verbs!" is a nouned verb.
> 
> Mark
> 

I would have said "don't verb your nouns" - where "verbing a noun" is
using a noun as a verb. "Noun verbs" would make more sense to mean "use
a verb as if it were a noun". But maybe I'm too used to a particular
noun/verb order :)

I'll go Wiktionary it! Or better yet, Google it!

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