« Monday’s Homily | Main | Pre-Valentine de Lubac Wisdom »
February 08, 2005
Writing Curmudgeon
I really, really dislike the use of “reference” as a verb.
Posted by AKMA at February 8, 2005 01:27 PM | Threadorati
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://disseminary.org/mt/mt-tb.cgi/160
Comments
"Refer." the verb form is "to refer." Writers, please make a note. Irritating the benevolent professor is not nice.
Posted by: Jane Ellen at February 8, 2005 04:44 PM
I tried to set a Trackback using the above Trackback URL, but I got an error:
Ping 'http://disseminary.org/mt/mt-tb.cgi/160' failed: HTTP error: 404 Not Found
Just thought I'd let you know. I was pinging from this entry.
Posted by: Tim Hadley at February 8, 2005 06:23 PM
Tim, I disconnected the TrackBack cgi so that I wouldn’t have any more TrackBack spam. Sorry about that. . . .
Posted by: AKMA at February 8, 2005 08:27 PM
And I really, really dislike the use of "gift" as a verb.
Posted by: Dash at February 8, 2005 09:06 PM
"Fellowship" as a verb hasn't exactly won me over either.
Posted by: Camassia at February 9, 2005 03:29 PM
Someone please agree that "impact" is not a verb. The only thing that should be impacted is a tooth. RicH
Posted by: RicHARD Makepeace at February 9, 2005 07:51 PM
But y'all know that there is no noun which cannot be verbed.
Posted by: Paul Baxter at February 9, 2005 08:28 PM
Or for that matter, using the words 'contact' or 'source' as verbs. Ugh! Don't get me started! -JF
Posted by: Jason Fout at February 10, 2005 12:50 PM
