Problem arises wth vbs like impact wch hve gone vb->noun &back to vb, with completely a different meaning! @sapinker @MiriamFein
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@sapinker I hate it when people verb nouns, especially when they tweet. Such people should be disciplined, hounded and then fired.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Commenters here: language evolves (yawn), which may erode your status as self-proclaimed arbiters of exactitude. Boo hoo.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Also "contact" and "influence," among many others.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Is a feature of the cutting edge of language evolution & change, noun-verb shifting, I was taught. English lives. So it changes.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker I don't like verbs from nouns from verbs - to leverage, for example. Not sure why, perhaps because original is elegant, sufficientThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker concrete nouns into verbs much better -- they make an action clear & colourful. Abstract nouns into verbs make brain fogThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker But why gift a gift u can give? What's a neg. impact look like - mound vs crater? Verbing nouns often yuck.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker I dislike impact bc it replaces the specific "to smash together" w/ the general "to affect in any way". -
Oringinally meant 'to press down tightly/firmly'; think 'impacted bowel' ;-)
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@MaggieDownie I actually use that very phrase to try to convince my friends in sales to not use it, but doing so hasn't worked thus far. :-) -
@sanjuanswan I think it's because they don't know how to use effect and affect correctly.. (I have a problem with convince/persuade, too
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@sapinker It's pretentious business words (like "action") which irritate. It's important to make a distinction.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Keep these tweets coming and we will hoover them up.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker The animal words add poetic flavour. The other verbs from nouns are generally found in jargon-filled prose.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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