Definitions
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- adjective Having the characteristics of a
noun .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In fact, there seem to be a whole range of - ing form uses that cover a spectrum from total verby-ness to total nouny-ness (not to mention total adjectivey-ness), and with lots of instances that are somewhere in between.
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In fact, there seem to be a whole range of - ing form uses that cover a spectrum from total verby-ness to total nouny-ness (not to mention total adjectivey-ness), and with lots of instances that are somewhere in between.
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Yule (1998), for example, argues that the choice is semantic, and that the to form (as in He begins to speak) connotes more verby-ness than nouny-ness, while the - ing form is just the opposite.
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Yule (1998), for example, argues that the choice is semantic, and that the to form (as in He begins to speak) connotes more verby-ness than nouny-ness, while the - ing form is just the opposite.
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Subtle differences make a verb sound more like a verb and make noun more "nouny."
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I don't see computer games especially MMORPGs becoming more nouny.
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The amount of content varies significantly from game to game, but as a trend it does not seem like there is more nouny type content areas to explore, monsters to kill, etc.
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As far as games becoming more nouny--verbs are a lot harder to make, and make well.
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Well, aside from the exact semantic peculiarities that make it hard to translate any words beyond the most basic from one language to another, what's going on with 'fun' is that English makes a noun out of what really isn't a nouny concept so to speak.
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I love abstractions, I love to give them a nouny place to live, a firm seat in the balcony of ideas, while music plays.
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