Re: noun forms of verbs
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, November 17, 2001, 18:05 |
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nicole dobrowolski wrote:
> my question is: would it be valid to say that "food" is a noun form of
> the verb "to eat"?
In English, if I understand your question correctly, I'd say no, because
"food" and "eat" are unrelated words. However, you certainly could use
the verb "eat" to mean "food" in a language that allows that. English
does that with the related "drink", after all. :-)
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