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Random — the word

Posted on December 3, 2012 by forstegrupp

Last week driving home on a Friday, it was dark. The car headlights pierced by tired eyes but then I perked up . NPR was finishing out the time before 6 pm with a bit of a linguistic ranting about … Continue reading →

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Verbalizing Nouns

Posted on October 29, 2012 by forstegrupp

I love this linguistic stuff. The facility and fluidity of English grammar allows the adoption and shifting of all kinds of words. Some purists hate the idea of a verb being used as a noun or a noun being used … Continue reading →

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