> >"There is no noun that cannot be verbed."
> > -- (allegedly from IBM documentation stylebook)
They wouldn't use a double negative. I happen to have the (or 'an') IBM
handbook and they definitely discourage double negatives. Unfortunately I
can't find your quote.
"Any noun can be verbed" is how I first saw it (in one of M A Jackson's
books, probably "System Development").
Isn't it annoying when you write a quote and some smartarse has the book and
corrects you!? I hate it. But it's irresistible.
Bob
" MAN IN LINE
(Overlapping)
Wait a minute! Really? Really? I happen to
teach a class at Columbia called "TV Media
and Culture"! So I think that my insights
into Mr. McLuhan-well, have a great deal of
validity.
ALVY
Oh, do yuh?
MAN IN LINE
Yes.
ALVY
Well, that's funny, because I happen to
have Mr. McLuhan right here. So ... so,
here, just let me-I mean, all right. Come
over here ... a second.
"
Woody Allen "Annie Hall"
