Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Nouns and Verbs

I know this may sound old-fashioned to some, but I think "pastor" is a noun, not a verb. Ref. yesterday's Whig, 1-C.

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pastor

10:31 AM  
Blogger Allthenewsthatfits said...

Thanks. I'm the same way about people who "author" a book, "parent" their children, "medal" in a race, or other such verbized nouns. I can't stand 'em and never use 'em.

10:45 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I like "Pearl Harbor" as a verb, such as "They Pearl Harbored me when they showed up unannounced.

8:46 AM  

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