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Verbs vs. adjective (Score:1)

by petdance (2468)

It's frustrating to me that people don't understand that the same word (or same sounding pair of words) can have two different parts of speech. They know it instinctively ("run", for example), but don't actively think about it.

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- Re:Verbs vs. adjective (Score:1)
  
  by jdporter (36)
  
  Well certainly they don't think about it in those terms, because most people don't know what "parts of speech" means!
  
  But if one would take that angle to justify using "setup" as a verb -- well, that's just wrong, plain and simple.
  - Re:Verbs vs. adjective (Score:1)
    
    by petdance (2468) <andy@petdance.com> on 2002.07.15 13:33 (#10635) Homepage Journal
    
    But that's my point: If they think of it and realize that "set up" is the verb and "setup" is the noun, it wouldn't be a problem.
    
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