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