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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Keyboarding simply refers to a computer keyboard vs typewriter keys. It's a different skill, although similar. Learning touch typing is the focus of both. Lots of nouns are now also used as verbs: Parenting Googling Emailing texting Ubering It's actually called "verbing" when it happens.[/quote] We called them gerunds. Don't get me started on dangling participles.[/quote] Oh for Pete’s sake, the process of taking a noun and turning it into a verb is indeed called ‘verbing’. Verb forms ending in -ing are gerunds. I’m a linguist and this might be one of the dumbest threads I’ve ever read on this site. Languages evolve. Is French a dumbed down version of Latin? No one would make that argument. Don’t you all have better things to get your panties in a wad about? They are called gerunds, it is not called “verbing”![/quote][/quote]
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