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isPermaLink="false">http://grammarsucks.com/new-category-morphed-words.htm#comment-238</guid> <description>&quot;English words get bastardized into forms and meanings never originally intended.&quot;That would be all words, since semantic change is an observed phenomenon in all languages.Nouns changing into verbs is a common feature of English. Curb, date, elbow, interview, panic, and park are all verbs that started as nouns. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, &quot;Impact has been used as a verb since 1601, when it meant â€œto fix or pack in,â€ and its modern, figurative use dates from 1935.&quot;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;English words get bastardized into forms and meanings never originally intended.&#8221;</p><p>That would be all words, since semantic change is an observed phenomenon in all languages.</p><p>Nouns changing into verbs is a common feature of English. Curb, date, elbow, interview, panic, and park are all verbs that started as nouns. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, &#8220;Impact has been used as a verb since 1601, when it meant â€œto fix or pack in,â€ and its modern, figurative use dates from 1935.&#8221;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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