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some waygug-in
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did anyone mention:
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Mr Lee's Monkey
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| Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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+1 crank
Sorry for not "properly" reading the thread. Guess there's no way one could read that thread title and make my mistake. Double Geez.
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busanliving
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Vet as a verb is pretty common, and I would teach it to anyone with any desire to work for an English speaking company.
Most companies vet candidates before offering a job, at least in the UK that's the accepted term. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Is not a person
Is not a verb
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Is not a verb
How about.. fool, joke, sketch, rat. |
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radcon
Joined: 23 May 2011
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| Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Julius wrote: |
Is not a person
Is not a verb
| MrLee'sMonkey wrote: |
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Is not a verb
How about.. fool, joke, sketch, rat. |
I thought the person form of sketch would be sketcher, at least where Im from. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Tool is definitely a verb. I worked in a metal shop for many years where we tooled stuff all the time. |
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radcon
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| Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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| schwa wrote: |
| Tool is definitely a verb. I worked in a metal shop for many years where we tooled stuff all the time. |
Also " We tooled around town in our red convertible." |
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12ax7
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| Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Julius wrote: |
Is not a person
Is not a verb
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Is not a verb
How about.. fool, joke, sketch, rat. |
Remains are a person. Too existentialist of a notion for you?
As for snob...It is a verb. It's an obsolete form of the verb snub. It's also used as a verb in the expression "snob the hell out of". Argue all you want, if language use was determined by the dictionary only, new words would never be created and language wouldn't evolve. And so, an exuberant young woman would always be large breasted and a symposium would still be an orgy. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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| radcon wrote: |
| I thought the person form of sketch would be sketcher, at least where Im from. |
Where I'm from "He's a sketch!" = he acts funny/ ridiculously
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| Remains are a person. |
or, were a person?
| Schwa wrote: |
| I worked in a metal shop for many years where we tooled stuff all the time. |
getting "tooled up" as in assembling personal weapons or other gear for use. |
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12ax7
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| Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Julius wrote: |
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| Remains are a person. |
or, were a person?
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For friends and family who are still in mourning, they are. Ever heard of the old practice of taking death photos? |
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soulofseoul
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[quote="busanliving"]Vet as a verb is pretty common, and I would teach it to anyone with any desire to work for an English speaking company.
Most companies vet candidates before offering a job, at least in the UK that's the accepted term.[/quote]
Vet is NOT a common as a verb in North America. Since my students mainly use Amercian English then I wont be teaching it to them |
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Julius
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busanliving
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| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Kind of an arrogant attitude that you wouldn't teach an internationally common word just because you personally don't use it? Also I am assuming your students are at least a higher level of intermediate to be introducing them to this, surely at this stage you should expose them to international English? |
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soulofseoul
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="busanliving"]Kind of an arrogant attitude that you wouldn't teach an internationally common word just because you personally don't use it? Also I am assuming your students are at least a higher level of intermediate to be introducing them to this, surely at this stage you should expose them to international English?[/quote]
Yeah I am arrogant coz Im a native speaker and.they arent. Until they are semi fluent they have no need for a word like vet as a verb.
The above poster gives examples yet that is my point. Vet maybe used in politics or newspapers now and then but Im more concerned with my students figuring out how to ask for directions and ordering a meal first
Im talking about using the word in everyday conversations. How many times do you say vet as a verb to your friends or family? Uhmmm..thats right. NEVER |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:29 am Post subject: |
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| soulofseoul wrote: |
| Im talking about using the word in everyday conversations. How many times do you say vet as a verb to your friends or family? Uhmmm..thats right. NEVER |
I might & they would understand me perfectly. |
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