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Is ‘to backstage’ a verb?
by chrisseaton 4y ago
Is ‘to backstage’ a verb?
- pigtailgirl 4y ago-- Well you're from Cheshire - and that's the DailyMail - so you tell us! =) --
- aaaaaaaaaaab 4y agosecurity to backstage = the security personnel protecting the entry to the backstage area
- wyldfire 4y agoYou should read this like "man fools { security-to-the-backstage }" not "man fools { security } in order to backstage ".
- chrisseaton 4y agoBut in British English ‘security to backstage’ would usually be ‘security for backstage’ or ‘backstage security’.
- wyldfire 4y agoI think that US English writers/readers would also find the latter the most common term for that noun phrase. I think the most likely explanation is that the writer+editor(s) did not choose the words well to describe the situation.
- mpclark 4y agoThis is a headline, not British English ;)
- fsckboy 4y agoin English it's relatively common to verbify. If you figure out a reliable way to get backstage, you can thereafter backstage whenever you want.
- PebblesRox 4y agoMaybe it was supposed to read “to get backstage” but someone left out the “get”.