Yes, that's the way the word "damn" is generally used. But any active verb that stands alone takes an understood "you" as the subject.
> Surely it's short for "May God damn you". The understood "you" is the > object, whilst the good Lord is the subject. > > John > > On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:33:39 -0400, Paul Stenquist > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Bob wins. "Nonsense" isn't an English sentence. However, "Damn" is a > > complete sentence if the word "da,m" is used as a verb and the doer of > > the action is an understood "you." > > On Apr 16, 2005, at 10:08 AM, Bob W wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >>>>> It's pretty hard to parse a one word sentence. > >>>> > >>>> Nonsense! > >> > >>> At least you give more than one syllable to work with. > >> > >> Damn. > >> > >> -- Cheers, > >> Bob > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 16/04/2005 >
