Re: 'box' as noun, was: wireless can DHCP but not DNS?
Tom Roche <Tom_Roche@pobox.com> writes:
> Lisi Reisz Fri, 23 May 2014 17:10:49 +0100
>> "box" is a verb, so I found it confusing.
>
> You are indeed confused. As a native speaker of English, I can assure
> you, 'box' is both noun and verb.
> Also, having been "in computing" in the US for decades, I can assure
> you, 'box' as a noun is widely used to refer to informatic devices
> generically.
While you are correct, the sentence structure leads one to expect 'box'
as a verb and 'ethernets' as a noun. Speaking as another native
speaker, it took me two passes to read what was intended there.
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