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Re: Nouns as Verbs

zmjezhd #176369 04/25/2008 8:39 PM

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Originally Posted By: zmjezhd
it is WRONG to say grow a business!

It is wrong to say it is wrong to say "to grow a business". It's one of the better turns of phrase associated with the business world. The metaphor works for me and Faldo. It doesn't for you. La!

Jackie is right this time. It sounds pompous, as typical CEO-speak, like "a new paradigm of leveraging synergies". [There is a less polite term for this sort of speech.]

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Re: Nouns as Verbs zmjezhd 04/21/2008 8:36 PM

Re: Nouns as Verbs The Pook 04/21/2008 11:55 PM

Re: Nouns as Verbs zmjezhd 04/22/2008 12:43 AM

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Re: Nouns as Verbs zmjezhd 04/22/2008 1:28 AM

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Re: Nouns as Verbs The Pook 04/22/2008 7:21 AM

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Re: Nouns as Verbs zmjezhd 04/22/2008 12:42 PM

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Re: Nouns as Verbs zmjezhd 04/23/2008 3:13 AM

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Re: Nouns as Verbs zmjezhd 04/23/2008 3:09 AM

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Re: Nouns as Verbs zmjezhd 04/24/2008 2:39 PM

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Re: the quiddity of denominal verbs zmjezhd 07/05/2008 4:47 PM

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Re: polygrammatic cod-livery zmjezhd 04/30/2008 8:04 PM

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