On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Of course, half the words we now use were simply invented by Shakespeare.
> Hey, language is dynamic. Americans still use some archaisms like 'gotten'
> as well as that nasty habit of turning every second verb into a noun
> (ergh!)
And remember, there ain't a noun that can't be verbed!
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