To: Olog-hai
“Absolutely. Then they could become adults without the false gerund form adulting.”
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And “Parenting” is no better. The real McCoy is “raising kids”.
To: LouieFisk
One of those false gerunds prevalent in English-speaking Europe is gifting. Yeah; thats just giving. If I got a watch as a gift (remember those?), nobody gifted it to me; they gave it to me.
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12/17/2016 6:47:56 AM PST by
Olog-hai
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