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To: nihil who wrote (46347)7/22/1999 11:42:00 AM
From: The Philosopher  Respond to of 108807
 
Well, you and Random House (a chancy outfit if you ask me) are parties to the
"verbing" trend that is turning English into a dialect of Chinese where word order
controls parting of speech. Fie you.


Not to mention the OED, Shakespeare, Coleridge, Carlyle, et. al. Fie on all of us.