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Geoyo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Game a game

I discovered that "game" is also a verb in English. Can you say "to game a game"? In my native language (German), we say "ein spiel spielen" (spiel = game), so the verb and the noun have the same root. I was wondering if that is possible in English, too? Are there other examples for this?
  

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geoyo I discovered that "game" is also a verb in English. Can you say "to game a game"? I No, you can't.

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  • geoyo I discovered that "game" is also a verb in English.
  • Can you say "to game a game"?
  • I No, you can't.
  • The verb "game" is intransitive, and means "gamble" However, there is a transitive example in the idiom "to game the system" which means to cheat or manipulate the rules of a system (especially government programs) for financial gain.
  • org/wiki/Gaming_the_system .
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geoyoI discovered that "game" is also a verb in English. Can you say "to game a game"? I
No, you can't. The verb "game" is intransitive, and means "gamble"

However, there is a transitive example in the idiom "to game the system" which means to cheat or manipulate the rules of a system (especially government programs) for financial gain.

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Thank you very much, that was so useful. I didn't know about intransitive verbs, but I have just read about it on Wikipedia, now I understand it.
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