Hi! Dallas,

On 03/19/2018 07:56 PM, you wrote:

 PQ>> Is it so norty that it cannot ever be a verb?

 DH> I don't know the meaning of the word "norty", Paul

If your first language is English then you know quite well from the sound
of the word.  It was an attempt at levity without crudely employing an
emoticon.

 DH> I didn't look at ordered at all, as we were dealing with "to be".

Yes, I saw that you did that.  But then I felt sympathy with Alexander
having, in my estimation, provided a perfectly well-formed sentence which
you pounced upon... short-sightedly.  YMMV.

 DH> Naming parts of speech has never been a strong point for me, so I'll
 DH> let Ardith deal with that! :-)

As do I.  Recall that I can provide written proof that I failed English in
my last year of high school.

Cheers,
Paul.

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