One major word-formation process in English is to use the noun itself as a verb to express the action conveyed or implied by the noun, without changing the form of the noun in any way. This direct ...
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
In each item below, the incomplete words require the same word root to form a family of words that differ according to their part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb). For each family of words, ...
Ars Technica: How to name a variable when the word is both a noun and a verb?
How to name a variable when the word is both a noun and a verb?
Los Angeles Times: A Word, Please: In general, ‘affect’ is a verb, ‘effect’ a noun
A Word, Please: In general, ‘affect’ is a verb, ‘effect’ a noun
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 ...
Psychology Today: Why We Should Change the Noun “Gratitude” Into a Verb
"We have to turn the concept of gratitude from a noun into a verb." —Meerabelle Dey I like using more verbs and fewer nouns. It underscores the expression "that the name is not the thing.” Nouns and ...
Los Angeles Times: A Word, Please: Looking at ‘one word, two words or hyphenated’ issue
A Word, Please: Looking at ‘one word, two words or hyphenated’ issue