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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | The English language (and others) can be, and often is, treated quite fluidly with regard to certain word forms. For example "medalled" has been coined as the act of "having gained a medal" in a sporting competition. (Not to be confused with "meddled".) "Verbed" (i.e. to have made a non-verb form into a {{w|verb}} form) is a more long-standing example which is used in this comic without any form of meta-reference and has perhaps gained greater acceptance, already, even amongst those who might decry the other neologism{{Citation needed}}. | |
− | Megan | + | In the comic, [[Megan]] points out to [[Cueball]] how she has created new forms of existing words in the same sentence in which they were created. Firstly, the adjective "legit" (a slang abbreviation of "legitimate") has been used as an {{w|adverb}} i.e. meaning exactly the same as "legitimately". Secondly, the noun "adverb" has been used as a verb (with the past tense "adverbed") meaning the act of turning a non-adverb into an adverb. Finally, it is also pointed out that the noun phrase "language nerd" has been used in an adjectival context, i.e. "adjectived". |
− | + | It is interesting that she did not mention that she verbed "adjective". | |
− | + | "Not to go all sentence fragment on you" is a sentence fragment as it contains neither an explicit subject nor a predicate: | |
+ | :(I do) not (mean) to go all sentence fragment on you, but... | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Megan: I don't mean to go all language nerd on you, but I just legit adverbed "legit", verbed "adverb", and adjectived "language nerd". | :Megan: I don't mean to go all language nerd on you, but I just legit adverbed "legit", verbed "adverb", and adjectived "language nerd". | ||