Comments on: 03/22/13 – Enchiladas http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=2972 Tue, 20 May 2025 03:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Christopher http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=2972&cpage=1#comment-1487 Christopher Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:09:00 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=2972#comment-1487 You're very kind to suggest it could have been intentional. But, no, you're right, my mistake. Late night bleary-eyed typing. You’re very kind to suggest it could have been intentional. But, no, you’re right, my mistake. Late night bleary-eyed typing.

]]> By: Mr Lapin http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=2972&cpage=1#comment-1486 Mr Lapin Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:29:50 +0000 http://brunostrip.com/wp/?p=2972#comment-1486 Sorry to be pedantic, but don't you mean "flirting," the noun? Flirt is a verb. I can't tell where it started, but it seems fashionable these days to make verbs into nouns and vice versa. What's the purpose, when we already have perfectly good words with the meaning we need? It just confuses people trying to learn English. Ow, that hurt. Hey, who pushed me off my soapbox? Sorry to be pedantic, but don’t you mean “flirting,” the noun? Flirt is a verb.

I can’t tell where it started, but it seems fashionable these days to make verbs into nouns and vice versa. What’s the purpose, when we already have perfectly good words with the meaning we need? It just confuses people trying to learn English.

Ow, that hurt. Hey, who pushed me off my soapbox?

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