On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You did indicate that you weren't sure, so maybe you would like to consider
> York to Bolingbroke, Richard II Act2 Scene 3?
>
> Although Andrew's use of peculiar might seem odd (peculiar!) to you, it
> doesn't seem so to me, and seems to be in accord with dictionaries over
> here
> as well as over there - so what's wrong?
>
> Of course, "peculiar" as a noun has a very specific meaning, and in that
> sense is certainly odd, but nothing wrong with that!
>
Yes, you are right on Rich II, thanks.
I was not disputing the use of "peculiarly" in an adverbial form.
Perfectly correct. I simply have doubts that the practice of using nouns
as verbs and so forth is peculiar to Americans. It is common enough
though. And I could be wrong. It's a hard thing to weigh in the balance.
Joel W.
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