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To: huckfillary

“Gift” used as a verb.

“Marshall law”.


2 posted on 03/06/2018 7:04:51 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring
consult used as a noun

invite used as a noun

7 posted on 03/06/2018 7:07:57 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: DuncanWaring

The past tense of “drag” is “dragged”,NOT “drug” which I have heard MANY times,even by educated people.

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20 posted on 03/06/2018 7:15:37 PM PST by Mears
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To: DuncanWaring

“Marshall law”...

... is that kinda like “Cardinal sin”?


26 posted on 03/06/2018 7:18:26 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: DuncanWaring
On gift, maybe NPR and Atlantic are wrong.

"The use of gift as a verb is not new, at least according to the Oxford English Dictionary, which lists examples of gift used to mean to make a present of from as early as the 17th century. "

There're differences of opinion on it. Words can become correct through common usage. Oops. My introductory contraction may be ok through common usage but it's better to just write or say "There are".

Marshall law irritates me no end, but sometimes I write things automatically. I don't think I've ever pounced on anyone for that one though. And it's useless to protest that I knew better. Sometimes I don't know better, but sometimes I do.

It's embarrasing to be corrected personally or be "called out" on things. Feels like one-upmanship. Impersonally as you have done as a point of discussion or teaching is fine.

42 posted on 03/06/2018 7:29:57 PM PST by Aliska
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To: DuncanWaring
“Gift” used as a verb.

As attributed to William Safire, "You can verb anything".

54 posted on 03/06/2018 7:40:34 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: DuncanWaring
“Gift” used as a verb.

That's perfectly OK. It distinguishes the act of transferring without compensation from the act of simply transferring. Thus, it should be used if making that distinction matters.

118 posted on 03/07/2018 12:25:37 AM PST by cynwoody
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And then there's "chamber here" on this website...

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145 posted on 03/10/2018 4:01:08 PM PST by foreverfree
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