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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