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Verbs that can also be people
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Kwangjuchicken



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Julius wrote:
alongway wrote:
Quote:
Where I'm from "He's a sketch!" = he acts funny/ ridiculously

Sketcher = someone who draws sketches.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tool
as further reading for you...


"Sketcher" is not a verb.
We're talking about words that are types of people but also verbs.


Sketcher is a verb. A very special hybrid verb. Just as we have phrasal verbs (verb + preposition) for example, "She put on her coat", we also have a hybrid verb that is a verb combined with a direct object pronoun.

For example, "I am going to sketcher" = "I am going to make a sketch of her." Very Happy
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The Cosmic Hum



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kwangjuchicken wrote:

Sketcher is a verb. A very special hybrid verb. Just as we have phrasal verbs (verb + preposition) for example, "She put on her coat", we also have a hybrid verb that is a verb combined with a direct object pronoun.

For example, "I am going to sketcher" = "I am going to make a sketch of her." Very Happy


Quite right...these constructions are known in linguistic circles as Verb DOPers. (verb+direct object pronoun)
Verb dopers are quite common and used frequently.

Another case of name and verb using this very construction is Doer.
As a Name : John Doer
As the verb doper: He likes to keep his wife happy at all times, as this increases his chance to doer whenever he likes.
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Julius



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The pitiful level of english ability on this thread (and on the korea forums generally) is shocking.

As I said before, long overdue that Korea makes a linguistics/language/ education degree an E2 requirement.
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alongway



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Julius wrote:
The pitiful level of english ability on this thread (and on the korea forums generally) is shocking.

As I said before, long overdue that Korea makes a linguistics/language/ education degree an E2 requirement.


Quote:

Quote:
tool


Is not a verb


Yup, it sure is pitiful.
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Kwangjuchicken



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Cosmic Hum wrote:
How about people's names as verbs?

Pat
Sue
Dawn
Spike
Nick
Tuck
Max
Lance
Chuck
etc... Wink


I am surprized no one has mentioned etc. until now, what with it being used so often as a person and a verb.

Joe, Tom and Etc. went to the beach to swim, fish etc.
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12ax7



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Julius wrote:
The pitiful level of english ability on this thread (and on the korea forums generally) is shocking.

As I said before, long overdue that Korea makes a linguistics/language/ education degree an E2 requirement.



Rolling Eyes

The irony of your comment is obviously lost on you.
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soulofseoul



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="Julius"]The pitiful level of english ability on this thread (and on the korea forums generally) is shocking.

As I said before, long overdue that Korea makes a linguistics/language/ education degree an E2 requirement.[/quote]

You didnt capatalize Korea!! Pitiful!
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Kwangjuchicken



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Richard (short version). Embarassed
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schwa



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeh, theres a number like that. I also thought of *beep*, *beep*, & *beep*.
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