Ars Technica: Parsing a text file and discerning between nouns, adjectives and verbs
There’s nothing new about the conversion of nouns into verbs. What’s unusual is when adjectives — especially compound adjectives — do the same. Future ready? Shoppers talk to SoftBank Corp.'s ...
Los Angeles Times: A Word, Please: Nominalizations make nouns out of verbs and adjectives, sometimes to ill effect
A Word, Please: Nominalizations make nouns out of verbs and adjectives, sometimes to ill effect
Writers and language geeks inherit a ranking system of sorts: verbs good, adjectives bad, nouns sadly unavoidable. Verbs are action, verve! “I ate the day / Deliberately, that its tang / Might quicken ...
You are quite right, Agostin. These verbs and related nouns and adjectives are quite close in meaning and use, but there are a number of distinguishing characteristics.
Before 2006, I never gave much thought to nominalizations — noun forms like “beauty” and “the scheduling” that at heart are really adjectives like “beautiful” or verbs like “to schedule.” I was ...
The New York Times: Forget Nouns. Verbs Are Where the Action Is.
MSN: Adjectives vs. adverbs: Essential grammar tips for students to score high in English
Adjectives vs. adverbs: Essential grammar tips for students to score high in English
Adjectives are words that describe nouns. They give more detail about a person, place, or thing – such as its colour, size, or how it feels. For example, if you had some beans, you could use ...
Adjectives must agree with the noun in gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural). Make most adjectives agree with the nouns by adding 'e', 's' or 'es'. Position of adjectives in ...