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<blockquote data-quote="Bill Zebub" data-source="post: 9186405" data-attributes="member: 7031982">Sure, aaaaaand....&quot;Painted&quot; is both a past tense verb and an adjective.&nbsp; In &quot;I painted the barn&quot; it is a verb.&nbsp; In &quot;I failed to hit the broad side of the painted barn&quot; it is an adjective.&nbsp; The adjectival form may be derived from the verb, but it's still an adjective.(By the way, I am just engaging on this because it's fun to geek out...I don't mean for this to be at all confrontational or hostile.)No, not you.&nbsp; Somebody else did.&nbsp; That person apparently took my claim that I would switch to &quot;non-linear&quot; as an indication that I was not going to change my use of the J-word, simply because the linked post was so obnoxious.&nbsp; So I kind of had my hackles up, and responded badly when you chimed in about the inadequacy of non-verbs.&nbsp; I get that!&nbsp; And purely because it's interesting to play with language, I am also wondering just how useful a verb really is.&nbsp; Let's say there's a verb, Xicksmorphing, which means to design a dungeon that wraps on itself 4-dimensionally, like a tesseract.&nbsp; I just can't imagine saying/writing, &quot;I Xicksmorphed my dungeon&quot; UNLESS I was trying to give Eugenia Xicksmorph credit for the idea.&nbsp; I would happily construct an awkward sentence for that purpose.&nbsp; But otherwise, if I were just trying to communicate clearly, I would write &quot;I designed a 4-dimensional dungeon.&quot;How many cases can you think of where a common verb has another form that means to do the general thing in a more specific way.&nbsp; I often fix/build/modify things with tools, and frequently I have to do it with the wrong tools.&nbsp; So a verb which means fix or build or modify with the wrong tools would actually see a lot of use.&nbsp; But....there isn't one?&nbsp; Usually (I think?) we use a different verb to mean doing a different thing.Happy to be shown counterexamples.&nbsp; Again, I'm not highly vested in the outcome.&nbsp; I just think the topic is curious/interesting.TL;DR: If we are not trying to honor somebody with an eponymous verb, do we really need a special verb?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bill Zebub, post: 9186405, member: 7031982"] Sure, aaaaaand.... "Painted" is both a past tense verb and an adjective. In "I painted the barn" it is a verb. In "I failed to hit the broad side of the painted barn" it is an adjective. The adjectival form may be derived from the verb, but it's still an adjective. (By the way, I am just engaging on this because it's fun to geek out...I don't mean for this to be at all confrontational or hostile.) No, not you. Somebody else did. That person apparently took my claim that I would switch to "non-linear" as an indication that I was not going to change my use of the J-word, simply because the linked post was so obnoxious. So I kind of had my hackles up, and responded badly when you chimed in about the inadequacy of non-verbs. I get that! And purely because it's interesting to play with language, I am also wondering just how useful a verb really is. Let's say there's a verb, Xicksmorphing, which means to design a dungeon that wraps on itself 4-dimensionally, like a tesseract. I just can't imagine saying/writing, "I Xicksmorphed my dungeon" UNLESS I was trying to give Eugenia Xicksmorph credit for the idea. I would happily construct an awkward sentence for that purpose. But otherwise, if I were just trying to communicate clearly, I would write "I designed a 4-dimensional dungeon." How many cases can you think of where a common verb has another form that means to do the general thing in a more specific way. I often fix/build/modify things with tools, and frequently I have to do it with the wrong tools. So a verb which means fix or build or modify with the wrong tools would actually see a lot of use. But....there isn't one? Usually (I think?) we use a different verb to mean doing a different thing. Happy to be shown counterexamples. Again, I'm not highly vested in the outcome. I just think the topic is curious/interesting. TL;DR: If we are not trying to honor somebody with an eponymous verb, do we really need a special verb? [/QUOTE]

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