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{{quote|“Subject to what Chip thinks, I would be [[inclined]] [[to be]] [[supportive]] [[of]] the proposal for [[For the time being|the time being]].”}} | {{quote|“Subject to what [[Chip]] thinks, I would be [[inclined]] [[to be]] [[supportive]] [[of]] the proposal as presented in its current form for [[For the time being|the time being]].”}} | ||
{{sa}} | {{sa}} | ||
*[[nominalisation]] | *[[nominalisation]] | ||
Revision as of 18:17, 3 February 2022
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Towards more picturesque speech™
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The lexo-crime of taking a perfectly good verb, having it identify as an adjective and then demeaning it by sticking an inferior, dull, verb — like be, make, do, give, or worst of all effect — in front of it. Dead giveaways constructions include the passive and the word “of”.
“I support this proposal”
becomes
“I am supportive of this proposal”
from where it is a short leap to:
“Subject to what Chip thinks, I would be inclined to be supportive of the proposal as presented in its current form for the time being.”