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Re: Keeping Track of Ambiguity in your Conlang?

From:Tim May <butsuri@...>
Date:Saturday, August 31, 2002, 23:47
Roger Mills writes:
 >
 > water
 > carpet
 > paint
 > dust
 > roof
 > etc.
 > as verbs, 'apply NOUN (or noun-like substance) to s.t.' (semantics here are
 > a little looser; [adhesive]tape would go here)
 >

On reexamination, I see what you're saying here, but I was about to
ask "What's a 'noun-like substance'?  Surely all substances are
equally noun-like.". :-)