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Could the headline be changed? It's not the same as the original headline, and trial is not a verb, except as a very recent (post 1990) colloquialism. Verbing
by SeanLuke 11y ago
Could the headline be changed? It's not the same as the original headline, and trial is not a verb, except as a very recent (post 1990) colloquialism. Verbing nouns is annoying, particularly when there are perfectly good words to use: "try" or "test".
- unfamiliar 11y ago>trial is not a verb, except as a very recent (post 1990) colloquialism Are we not in post-1990?
- SeanLuke 11y agoColloquialisms are not standard vocabulary. But more to the point, this isn't the original headline: because the BBC has editors.
- garethadams 11y ago"Google" is not a verb, except as a very recent (post 2003)[1] colloquialism. Verbing nouns is annoying, let's hope no one[2] does it. [1]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3006486.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3006486.stm [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10016502 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10016502