One of my Favorite Pet Peeves
English has a long history of verbing nouns, meaning using a noun as a verb. (Look up “verbing” in the search box) but in at least some cases, we curmudgeons take a while to get used to the construction. “Office,” for example, is a pretty tough verb for us to swallow. First panel:
Do you have a pet grammar peeve? Share in the comments. Maybe I’ll post about it.
PS—The next day’s comic. First panel again.
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