Tag Archives: Nouns as verbs

Nouns as verbs – not all bad

By Paul W | Published: January 14, 2010
Being 'platformed' is indeed a terrible thing, even for an unreliable British train carriage. But nouns turning into verbs (verbifying, perhaps? Maybe not) is just part of linguistic development.
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To alight – right verb, ugly use

By Paul N | Published: January 13, 2010
When did you last say "alight"?
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To be platformed – train grammar horror

By Paul N | Published: January 13, 2010
First Great Western create new horror verb
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