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Grex > Language > #102: The seven letter word game, 1st edition |  |
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aruba
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response 1135 of 1177:
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Jan 1 07:41 UTC 2001 |
adamant
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kentn
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response 1136 of 1177:
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Jan 1 18:11 UTC 2001 |
adamant 0 (aruba)
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gelinas
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response 1137 of 1177:
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Jan 2 21:12 UTC 2001 |
bustier
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aruba
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response 1138 of 1177:
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Jan 2 21:42 UTC 2001 |
buffoon
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albaugh
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response 1139 of 1177:
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Jan 3 07:21 UTC 2001 |
foolish
Yeah, towings was a reach. But if "a towing" is a single act of "towing away
a car", then it can be pluralized, if one dares. :-)
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rcurl
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response 1140 of 1177:
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Jan 3 17:45 UTC 2001 |
"tow" is both a verb and a noun. As a verb, it has a present participle
"towing", which does not have a plural. As a noun, it has a gerund, also
"towing", which is a verbal noun, which can be made plural. "Towings" is
the plural of the gerund towing, based on the noun tow.
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albaugh
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response 1141 of 1177:
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Jan 5 18:44 UTC 2001 |
What he said! :-)
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kentn
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response 1142 of 1177:
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Jan 6 22:48 UTC 2001 |
bustier 1 (gelinas)
buffoon 1 (aruba)
foolish 0 (albaugh)
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aruba
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response 1143 of 1177:
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Jan 7 03:30 UTC 2001 |
idiotic
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kentn
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response 1144 of 1177:
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Jan 7 16:07 UTC 2001 |
idiotic 0 (aruba)
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albaugh
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response 1145 of 1177:
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Jan 8 16:53 UTC 2001 |
stupids
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aruba
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response 1146 of 1177:
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Jan 8 23:32 UTC 2001 |
Hmmm - I think Kevin is testing the limits. :)
outdoor
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kentn
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response 1147 of 1177:
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Jan 9 03:23 UTC 2001 |
stupids 0 (albaugh)
outdoor 1 (aruba)
Hmmm...well stupid can be noun (a stupid person), so I guess
it can be plural.
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albaugh
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response 1148 of 1177:
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Jan 9 05:07 UTC 2001 |
bumpkin
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rcurl
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response 1149 of 1177:
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Jan 9 06:46 UTC 2001 |
In "a stupid person", stupid is an adjective, not a noun. The plural
of "stupid person" is "stupid persons". Adjectives cannot be pluralized.
Some words are either a noun or an adjective (e.g., red), and could
be made plural if used as a noun, but not as an adjective.
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aruba
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response 1150 of 1177:
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Jan 9 14:44 UTC 2001 |
wishful
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albaugh
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response 1151 of 1177:
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Jan 9 17:34 UTC 2001 |
Yabut Deep Purple had the following lyrics from the "Smoke on the Water" cut
on its "Machine Head" album: "...some stupid with a flare gun, burned the
place to the ground..." And if you can't trust Deep Purple, who *can* you
trust?! ;-)
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rcurl
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response 1152 of 1177:
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Jan 9 17:45 UTC 2001 |
Mia culpa: I just looked it up and find that "stupid" is also a noun (=
blockhead, etc), and this in a rather old dictionary. It's not just a
proper noun (Hey! Stupid!).
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aruba
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response 1153 of 1177:
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Jan 9 19:10 UTC 2001 |
m-w lists it only as an adjective, unless I missed something.
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rcurl
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response 1154 of 1177:
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Jan 9 20:26 UTC 2001 |
It's also a noun in the F&W College Standard Dict.
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kentn
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response 1155 of 1177:
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Jan 10 02:34 UTC 2001 |
bumpkin 1 (albaugh)
wishful 0 (aruba)
Re 1149: "a stupid person" is the definition of "stupid" the noun,
not an example of its usage. Relax.
Re 1153: the noun definition of "stupid" is on the www.m-w.com site
as the second defn. I looked it up before I scored it.
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rcurl
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response 1156 of 1177:
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Jan 10 02:41 UTC 2001 |
(...using the word to define the word can be a cause of miscomprehension)
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aruba
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response 1157 of 1177:
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Jan 10 16:33 UTC 2001 |
Ah, yes, I see it on m-w now. My mistake.
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kentn
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response 1158 of 1177:
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Jan 11 00:16 UTC 2001 |
(...which most dictionaries do)
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albaugh
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response 1159 of 1177:
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Jan 11 21:27 UTC 2001 |
thinker
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