Quick English Lesson...

Oct 12, 2006 10:54

'resource' and 'obsolete' are NOT VERBS!

(corrected to remove 'net', which thecolorblue pointed out can be used, as in 'he netted himself a big fish')

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thecolorblue October 12 2006, 21:21:16 UTC
actually..."net" is a verb:

-verb (used with object)
6. to gain or produce as clear profit.

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jonathanbenari October 12 2006, 21:37:36 UTC
i stand corrected!

the usage i was objecting to was "let's get together and net this out..."

but, since you're all about 'descriptive' and not 'proscriptive' grammars, they should all be ok, right? :-p

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scosol October 13 2006, 22:22:12 UTC
the equivilent verb for "resource" would be "source" and "sourced"-

but "obsolete"? the closed i can think of is "deprecate" and "deprecated"- and my dictionary does show it as a verb, as "obsoleted", but not "obsolete"-

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