how to write good

[kjpetrie]

Rule 11.  Never verb nouns.

Rule 11 (a). Never noun verbs

Example: A reviewer describes a book as, ".. a good read."

I think "read" is a verb but here it has been turned into a noun by the placement of "a".

Grrr. 


Jim

Especially on a Linux install!

Actually, what annoys me even more is using nouns as verbs, which is very common in business circles where products are "trialled" instead of tried, features are "leveraged" instead of utilised and customers are "serviced" instead of served.

[Old-Polack]

Rule 11.  Never verb nouns.

Rule 11 (a). Never noun verbs

Example: A reviewer describes a book as, ".. a good read."

I think "read" is a verb but here it has been turned into a noun by the placement of "a".

Grrr.  


Jim

Especially on a Linux install!

Actually, what annoys me even more is using nouns as verbs, which is very common in business circles where products are "trialled" instead of tried, features are "leveraged" instead of utilised and customers are "serviced" instead of served.

With M$, customers have always been serviced. Their splash screen should read, "Bend over... here it comes."  

[RobNJ]

12. Don't use no double negatives

[gandy]

12. Don't use no double negatives

+1

[Bald Brick]

12. Don't use no double negatives

Shakespeare did.

 

[kjpetrie]

He wasn't a good writer...

[µT6]

and he died!