On 12/12/08 10:02, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
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Also, particularly where I come from (U.S.; specifically "The South"), English
speakers don't follow the formal rules of grammar well.
But at least we know that gals aren't guys -- or sheep -- and that
counts for a whole lot!
So, nouns get
verbed, and verbs get nouned, words and phrases get abbreviated, mangled, and
misunderstood, and the language evolves. (There are probably some more
serious errors in a 1913 dictionary than not having the noun form of some
verbs.)
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
How does being physically handicapped make me Differently-Abled?
What different abilities do I have?
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