On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 11:04:06AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > 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. one should avoid unecessary enverbification whenever possible. A
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