From: | Tim May <butsuri@...> |
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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.". :-)