Biblical Hebrew Forum

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In a message dated 5/10/01 5:13:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dan.wagner AT netzero.net writes:

> Function is not everything; if I say "I will decision the 
> > problem" I have in essence created a verbal that doesn't exist and 
> > have violated the grammatical form of the noun "decision."  Does 
> > that mean that "decision" is no longer a noun and has become a 
> > verb?


The fact is that when you say that, we all understand that you are using 
"decision" as a verb, and none of us think your intent is that it be a noun.  
The reality is that although it's not normative Standard English, in the 
sentence "I will decision the problem", the word "decision" IS a verb.

> >  It really is that simple.

It is NEVER that simple......

Hayyim