Subj : to be or not to be that is the question
To   : Dallas Hinton
From : Paul Quinn
Date : Tue Mar 20 2018 17:26:39

Hi! Dallas,

On 03/19/2018 07:56 PM, you wrote:

 PQ>> Is it so norty that it cannot ever be a verb?

 DH> I don't know the meaning of the word "norty", Paul

If your first language is English then you know quite well from the sound of 
the word.  It was an attempt at levity without crudely employing an emoticon.

 DH> I didn't look at ordered at all, as we were dealing with "to be".

Yes, I saw that you did that.  But then I felt sympathy with Alexander having, 
in my estimation, provided a perfectly well-formed sentence which you pounced 
upon... short-sightedly.  YMMV.

 DH> Naming parts of speech has never been a strong point for me, so I'll
 DH> let Ardith deal with that! :-)

As do I.  Recall that I can provide written proof that I failed English in my 
last year of high school.

Cheers,
Paul.

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