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Mitsuo23 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
naming of the verbing
Hi,
I have read an article that reads the conversion of nouns to verbs is called verbing, e.g. "I have bookmarked the website." or "Why don't we coffee."
But I am wondering why the naming is verbing? In other words, what kind of -ing is that? To me verblization makes more sense.
Thank you,
M
I have read an article that reads the conversion of nouns to verbs is called verbing, e.g. "I have bookmarked the website." or "Why don't we coffee."
But I am wondering why the naming is verbing? In other words, what kind of -ing is that? To me verblization makes more sense.
Thank you,
M
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"verbing" would be the present participle, or in your case gerund (noun), of a coined verb "to verb", meaning to convert a noun to a verb. g. a thought or idea) in words.
- "verbing" would be the present participle, or in your case gerund (noun), of a coined verb "to verb", meaning to convert a noun to a verb.
- g.
- a thought or idea) in words.
- The latter meaning is probably more familiar to most people, so using "verbalization" in your sense may be confusing, hence the perceived need for another word.
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"verbing" would be the present participle, or in your case gerund (noun), of a coined verb "to verb", meaning to convert a noun to a verb.
Apparently "verbalize" can mean "convert into a verb", but it also means to express (e.g. a thought or idea) in words. The latter meaning is probably more familiar to most people, so using "verbalization" in your sense may be confusing, hence the perce
Apparently "verbalize" can mean "convert into a verb", but it also means to express (e.g. a thought or idea) in words. The latter meaning is probably more familiar to most people, so using "verbalization" in your sense may be confusing, hence the perce
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