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>, with a non-standard use of "front" as a verb Fyi... it was an old style of speaking relevant to Thoreau's time. "Front" was another way of saying "confron
by jasode 10y ago
>, with a non-standard use of "front" as a verb
Fyi... it was an old style of speaking relevant to Thoreau's time. "Front" was another way of saying "confront". It's wasn't an example of "verbing" a noun in a nonstandard way.[1]
[1]http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25 http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25
- x1798DE 10y agoYeah, I assumed it was something like that, just that if I were writing a book on writing clear non-fiction, I wouldn't use archaic language in my example sentences. "Avoid unnecessary adverbs - for example, rather than saying 'Forsooth, wherefore didst thou traverse mine bed-chamber?", instead write 'Wherefore didst thou traverse mine bed-chamber?'"