Re: Debian, Iceweasel, Firefox!

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

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On 01/31/07 10:32, hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 07:52:55AM -0500, Max Hyre wrote:
>> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>>> The real
>>> interesting one to me is the battle Adobe has going to prevent
>>> "photoshop" from becoming a synonym for "edit a photograph" or for an
>>> edited photograph.
>>    It's already been, you should pardon the expression, ``verbed''.  As
>> in ``Was that photoshopped?'' when expressing doubt as to the
>> authenticity of an image.
> 
> No pardon needed.  In English, any noun can be verbed.  But I have a 
> preverence for not verbing nouns unnecessarily.

Mild chortle.  You just unnecessarily verbed the noun "verb".

The "correct" way to write it would be:
    However, I have a preference for turning verbs into nouns only
    when necessary.

>                                              Maybe that's my Dutch
> heritage.

You've been on geek-English lists too long, I think.
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