#verbs — Public Fediverse posts

@david_chisnall @eclectech Maybe starting from Wakes Week, many of the English have been blurred about the distinction between having a holiday from work and going away elsewhere during said holiday.
It's in the verbs.
#verbs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakes_week?wprov=sfla1

[Перевод] Read-only-права в Kubernetes, позволяющие выполнить любой код: разбор критической уязвимости в популярных Helm-чартах

Казалось бы, права на чтение — что с них взять? Оказывается, в Kubernetes разрешение nodes/proxy GET позволяет выполнять любой код в любых подах кластера. Уязвимость уже нашли в популярных Helm-чартах, включая Prometheus, Datadog и Grafana. И да, команда Kubernetes решила это не исправлять. Узнать, как проверить свой кластер

https://habr.com/ru/companies/flant/articles/1001778/

#kubernetes #nodesproxy_GET #API_Server_Proxy #Kubelet_API #verbs #глаголы #HTTP_GET #WebSockets #KEP2862

[Перевод] Read-only-права в Kubernetes, позволяющие выполнить любой код: разбор критической уязвимости в популярных Helm-чартах

Казалось бы, права на чтение — что с них взять? Оказывается, в Kubernetes разрешение nodes/proxy GET позволяет выполнять любой код в любых подах кластера. Уязвимость уже нашли в популярных Helm-чартах, включая Prometheus, Datadog и Grafana. И да, команда Kubernetes решила это не исправлять. Узнать, как проверить свой кластер

https://habr.com/ru/companies/flant/articles/1001778/

#kubernetes #nodesproxy_GET #API_Server_Proxy #Kubelet_API #verbs #глаголы #HTTP_GET #WebSockets #KEP2862

[Перевод] Read-only-права в Kubernetes, позволяющие выполнить любой код: разбор критической уязвимости в популярных Helm-чартах

Казалось бы, права на чтение — что с них взять? Оказывается, в Kubernetes разрешение nodes/proxy GET позволяет выполнять любой код в любых подах кластера. Уязвимость уже нашли в популярных Helm-чартах, включая Prometheus, Datadog и Grafana. И да, команда Kubernetes решила это не исправлять. Узнать, как проверить свой кластер

https://habr.com/ru/companies/flant/articles/1001778/

#kubernetes #nodesproxy_GET #API_Server_Proxy #Kubelet_API #verbs #глаголы #HTTP_GET #WebSockets #KEP2862

[Перевод] Read-only-права в Kubernetes, позволяющие выполнить любой код: разбор критической уязвимости в популярных Helm-чартах

Казалось бы, права на чтение — что с них взять? Оказывается, в Kubernetes разрешение nodes/proxy GET позволяет выполнять любой код в любых подах кластера. Уязвимость уже нашли в популярных Helm-чартах, включая Prometheus, Datadog и Grafana. И да, команда Kubernetes решила это не исправлять. Узнать, как проверить свой кластер

https://habr.com/ru/companies/flant/articles/1001778/

#kubernetes #nodesproxy_GET #API_Server_Proxy #Kubelet_API #verbs #глаголы #HTTP_GET #WebSockets #KEP2862

#writerscoffeeclub Oct 21: What is your take on the adverb debate?

I am guilty of adverbial use. And I will continue to be guilty of using adverbs. Especially in dialog. People speak normally with adverbs because often they are trying to be heard. Yes, yes, I've been told and yes the CSW says don't do it. Yes, there are other "maybe" better choice #verbs but once you've used them, what are you supposed to do? Reuse them a thousand time? No, use adverbs.
Writing is a balance of style and technique.

#writing #sciencefiction #grammar #chicago_standard_of_writing #grammarians_need_not_apply

#writerscoffeeclub Oct 21: What is your take on the adverb debate?

I am guilty of adverbial use. And I will continue to be guilty of using adverbs. Especially in dialog. People speak normally with adverbs because often they are trying to be heard. Yes, yes, I've been told and yes the CSW says don't do it. Yes, there are other "maybe" better choice #verbs but once you've used them, what are you supposed to do? Reuse them a thousand time? No, use adverbs.
Writing is a balance of style and technique.

#writing #sciencefiction #grammar #chicago_standard_of_writing #grammarians_need_not_apply

#writerscoffeeclub Oct 21: What is your take on the adverb debate?

I am guilty of adverbial use. And I will continue to be guilty of using adverbs. Especially in dialog. People speak normally with adverbs because often they are trying to be heard. Yes, yes, I've been told and yes the CSW says don't do it. Yes, there are other "maybe" better choice #verbs but once you've used them, what are you supposed to do? Reuse them a thousand time? No, use adverbs.
Writing is a balance of style and technique.

#writing #sciencefiction #grammar #chicago_standard_of_writing #grammarians_need_not_apply

#writerscoffeeclub Oct 21: What is your take on the adverb debate?

I am guilty of adverbial use. And I will continue to be guilty of using adverbs. Especially in dialog. People speak normally with adverbs because often they are trying to be heard. Yes, yes, I've been told and yes the CSW says don't do it. Yes, there are other "maybe" better choice #verbs but once you've used them, what are you supposed to do? Reuse them a thousand time? No, use adverbs.
Writing is a balance of style and technique.

#writing #sciencefiction #grammar #chicago_standard_of_writing #grammarians_need_not_apply

#writerscoffeeclub Oct 21: What is your take on the adverb debate?

I am guilty of adverbial use. And I will continue to be guilty of using adverbs. Especially in dialog. People speak normally with adverbs because often they are trying to be heard. Yes, yes, I've been told and yes the CSW says don't do it. Yes, there are other "maybe" better choice #verbs but once you've used them, what are you supposed to do? Reuse them a thousand time? No, use adverbs.
Writing is a balance of style and technique.

#writing #sciencefiction #grammar #chicago_standard_of_writing #grammarians_need_not_apply

I wrote a little about Agatha Christie – as a verb
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2025/10/11/to-agatha-christie-v-tr/

#language #AlienEarth #AgathaChristie #slang #writing #blog #verbs #verbing #LanguageChange #pragmatics

to Agatha Christie (v.tr.)

The conversion of nouns to verbs (to impact, to medal, to leverage, to architect) is a continual object of criticism and word rage. But language has been verbing for as long as it has languaged. In fact, there’s nothing that can’t be verbed if you put your mind to it.

‘What about someone’s name?’ you might ask. ‘What about Agatha Christie?’

I’m glad you picked that example. Because the new FX series Alien: Earth offers this great line in its second episode, ‘Mr. October’ (a mild swear word follows):

Context, with a tiny spoiler in the first line:

In the year 2120, a military search-and-rescue team are investigating a spaceship that has crashed to Earth. When a grisly but intriguing discovery threatens to detain them unduly, Siberian (played by Diêm Camille) makes the call to keep moving:

Okay, come on. We’re search and rescue. Let forensics Agatha Christie this shit.

To Agatha Christie something, then, is to figure it out; to investigate and solve a puzzling problem in the manner of Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot, Christie’s fictional detectives.

I like this verbing because it reads like improvised slang. There’s no suggestion that the phrase has currency as a verbal eponym, whether broadly in-world or more specifically in Siberian’s own usage or that of one of her speech communities. Rather, it’s an impromptu linguistic innovation that’s both playful and bookish.

It also celebrates Christie’s enduring popularity as a mystery author. What other name could fit in this semantic slot? Only a fictional one, I think: Sherlock Holmes, Philip Marlowe, or Sam Spade – but not Arthur Conan Doyle, Raymond Chandler, or Dashiell Hammett.

Other contenders include Jessica Fletcher, Perry Mason, Columbo, Jules Maigret, Nancy Drew, Inspector Morse, and Special Agent Dale Cooper. But it’s more of a stretch to imagine them being so culturally salient in a century’s time.

Alien: Earth was created by Noah Hawley, who also has the writing credit on the episode. He’s probably not even the first person to verb Agatha Christie, but for once I didn’t bother trying to Agatha Christie it.

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Further reading:

In my A–Z of English usage myths, I wrote that peevers hate verbing, but only when they think it’s new – they constantly use verbings that were established earlier. Who remembers all the yelling and wailing over contact (v.)? Who would believe there even was such a controversy?

See also: ‘Verb all the things’; ‘Verbing weirds language – but in a good way’; and ‘Verbing and nouning are fine and here’s a quiz‘. And a few other posts about detective fiction.

#AgathaChristie #AlienEarth #conversion #detective #detectiveFiction #eponyms #humour #language #languageChange #NoahHawley #pragmatics #screenwriting #semantics #slang #TV #verbing #verbs #writing

to Agatha Christie (v.tr.)

The conversion of nouns to verbs (to impact, to medal, to leverage, to architect) is a continual object of criticism and word rage. But language has been verbing for as long as it has languaged. In fact, there’s nothing that can’t be verbed if you put your mind to it.

‘What about someone’s name?’ you might ask. ‘What about Agatha Christie?’

I’m glad you picked that example. Because the new FX series Alien: Earth offers this great line in its second episode, ‘Mr. October’ (a mild swear word follows):

Context, with a tiny spoiler in the first line:

In the year 2120, a military search-and-rescue team are investigating a spaceship that has crashed to Earth. When a grisly but intriguing discovery threatens to detain them unduly, Siberian (played by Diêm Camille) makes the call to keep moving:

Okay, come on. We’re search and rescue. Let forensics Agatha Christie this shit.

To Agatha Christie something, then, is to figure it out; to investigate and solve a puzzling problem in the manner of Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot, Christie’s fictional detectives.

I like this verbing because it reads like improvised slang. There’s no suggestion that the phrase has currency as a verbal eponym, whether broadly in-world or more specifically in Siberian’s own usage or that of one of her speech communities. Rather, it’s an impromptu linguistic innovation that’s both playful and bookish.

It also celebrates Christie’s enduring popularity as a mystery author. What other name could fit in this semantic slot? Only a fictional one, I think: Sherlock Holmes, Philip Marlowe, or Sam Spade – but not Arthur Conan Doyle, Raymond Chandler, or Dashiell Hammett.

Other contenders include Jessica Fletcher, Perry Mason, Columbo, Jules Maigret, Nancy Drew, Inspector Morse, and Special Agent Dale Cooper. But it’s more of a stretch to imagine them being so culturally salient in a century’s time.

Alien: Earth was created by Noah Hawley, who also has the writing credit on the episode. He’s probably not even the first person to verb Agatha Christie, but for once I didn’t bother trying to Agatha Christie it.

*

Further reading:

In my A–Z of English usage myths, I wrote that peevers hate verbing, but only when they think it’s new – they constantly use verbings that were established earlier. Who remembers all the yelling and wailing over contact (v.)? Who would believe there even was such a controversy?

See also: ‘Verb all the things’; ‘Verbing weirds language – but in a good way’; and ‘Verbing and nouning are fine and here’s a quiz‘. And a few other posts about detective fiction.

#AgathaChristie #AlienEarth #conversion #detective #detectiveFiction #eponyms #humour #language #languageChange #NoahHawley #pragmatics #screenwriting #semantics #slang #TV #verbing #verbs #writing

⚡️ Hebrew verbs are like superheroes — they change costumes (conjugations) but keep their secret identity (the root)! 🦸‍♀️

Learn the patterns, and suddenly you can understand hundreds of words.

Ready to unlock your Hebrew superpowers? 💪✨

#Verbs #Nikud #Hebrew #SuperPowers #Language

⚡️ Hebrew verbs are like superheroes — they change costumes (conjugations) but keep their secret identity (the root)! 🦸‍♀️

Learn the patterns, and suddenly you can understand hundreds of words.

Ready to unlock your Hebrew superpowers? 💪✨

#Verbs #Nikud #Hebrew #SuperPowers #Language

⚡️ Hebrew verbs are like superheroes — they change costumes (conjugations) but keep their secret identity (the root)! 🦸‍♀️

Learn the patterns, and suddenly you can understand hundreds of words.

Ready to unlock your Hebrew superpowers? 💪✨

#Verbs #Nikud #Hebrew #SuperPowers #Language

⚡️ Hebrew verbs are like superheroes — they change costumes (conjugations) but keep their secret identity (the root)! 🦸‍♀️

Learn the patterns, and suddenly you can understand hundreds of words.

Ready to unlock your Hebrew superpowers? 💪✨

#Verbs #Nikud #Hebrew #SuperPowers #Language

⚡️ Hebrew verbs are like superheroes — they change costumes (conjugations) but keep their secret identity (the root)! 🦸‍♀️

Learn the patterns, and suddenly you can understand hundreds of words.

Ready to unlock your Hebrew superpowers? 💪✨

#Verbs #Nikud #Hebrew #SuperPowers #Language

Here are some examples of verbs to use for speeches or writing that can be helpful for all ages. #speech #writing #verbs

🚨 Don’t make this mistake when learning Hebrew 🚨

Jumping into verb conjugations too soon = burnout.
They’re huge, complex, and not needed to start speaking!

Start with the basics: sentence structure, everyday phrases, comprehension, and infinitives.
That’s how we do it in Practically Speaking Hebrew — step-by-step, no overwhelm.

Message me or visit my site to start where it counts!

#Verbs #LanguageSkills #LearnHebrew #HebrewByInbal #OnlineCourse

Here are some examples of verbs with prepositions to use for speeches or writing that can be helpful for all ages. #speech #writing #prepositions #verbs

Word Classes - A brief explanation of the different types of word.
#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writerslife #verbs #nouns #adjectives #words #English

http://georgelthomas.com/2018/06/06/word-classes/

Word Classes - A brief explanation of the different types of word.
#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writerslife #verbs #nouns #adjectives #words #English

http://georgelthomas.com/2018/06/06/word-classes/

I see/treat the words #friend & #love as #verbs more than #nouns.
That alone has made a huge difference in how I respect & honour both - as personally chosen living actions.

I see/treat the words #friend & #love as #verbs more than #nouns.
That alone has made a huge difference in how I respect & honour both - as personally chosen living actions.

I see/treat the words #friend & #love as #verbs more than #nouns.
That alone has made a huge difference in how I respect & honour both - as personally chosen living actions.

I see/treat the words #friend & #love as #verbs more than #nouns.
That alone has made a huge difference in how I respect & honour both - as personally chosen living actions.

I see/treat the words #friend & #love as #verbs more than #nouns.
That alone has made a huge difference in how I respect & honour both - as personally chosen living actions.

Remember this cute little thing shaking its tail feathers?!

Language learning should be fun and as you progress it’s ok to shake your tail feathers as well!

See you inside of my course or in my workbooks 🪿

#shakeyourbooty #languagelearning #verbs #hebrew #funny

🎉 YouTube video alert! 🎉

Ready to dive into some Hebrew verb magic? In my video, I break down those tricky verb conjugations and make it FUN! Plus, I’ve included a super handy downloadable verb-conjugation sheet just for you. 📝✨

Ready to take your Hebrew to the next level? Check it out, and let’s get conjugating together!

🔗 https://youtu.be/eFifSIn93Oo?si=pJ0iPFogRmiEav9y

#HebrewByInbal #VerbConjugations #LearnHebrew #LanguageLearning #verbs

Word Classes - A brief explanation of the different types of word.
#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writerslife #verbs #nouns #adjectives #words #English #writingtips #writercommunity #language

http://georgelthomas.com/2018/06/06/word-classes/

Word Classes - A brief explanation of the different types of word.
#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writerslife #verbs #nouns #adjectives #words #English #writingtips #writercommunity #language

http://georgelthomas.com/2018/06/06/word-classes/

Word Classes - A brief explanation of the different types of word.
#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writerslife #verbs #nouns #adjectives #words #English #writingtips #writercommunity #language

http://georgelthomas.com/2018/06/06/word-classes/

Word Classes - A brief explanation of the different types of word.
#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writerslife #verbs #nouns #adjectives #words #English #writingtips #writercommunity #language

http://georgelthomas.com/2018/06/06/word-classes/

If you received a gift on Valentine's Day, White Day is your chance to return the kindness. Learn the verbs for giving with grace. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/03/01/language/giving-receiving-white-day-japan/ #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #jlptn5 #verbs

Hebrew has families of words connected in meaning, root letters constructing the words distributing them into families, & structures of verbs for different actions

Examples

ga-'nav is Thief & Stole in singular masculine

leeg-'nov is To steal

le-heet-ga-'nev is To Sneak Up On Someone

g-ne-'nah is Theft

le-hag-'neev is to Sneak Someone/Something In

In the final module of Practically Speaking Hebrew you learn how to make sense of verbs, how they work, & how to DIY them #verbs
#Hebrew #dogs

@ThePlant #hashtags, if people #hashtagged all the #nouns (and some #verbs) in their #toots #everything #would #be #more #discoverable

and then you'd just follow the hashtags you like

@ThePlant #hashtags, if people #hashtagged all the #nouns (and some #verbs) in their #toots #everything #would #be #more #discoverable

and then you'd just follow the hashtags you like

@ThePlant #hashtags, if people #hashtagged all the #nouns (and some #verbs) in their #toots #everything #would #be #more #discoverable

and then you'd just follow the hashtags you like

@ThePlant #hashtags, if people #hashtagged all the #nouns (and some #verbs) in their #toots #everything #would #be #more #discoverable

and then you'd just follow the hashtags you like

@ThePlant #hashtags, if people #hashtagged all the #nouns (and some #verbs) in their #toots #everything #would #be #more #discoverable

and then you'd just follow the hashtags you like

A list of #verbs (& adverbs): abused, compromised, persisted in openly & corruptly urging & soliciting, served to cover up, threatened the integrity, betrayed his trust, repeatedly and fraudulently falsified, disguised, endeavored to obstruct, did knowingly combine, conspire, confederate, pursued unlawful means, used knowingly false claims, publicly maligned……https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/opinion/trump-lies-indictment-impeachment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

On the vogue #word “weaponize,” a #metaphor for the word “politicize,” and the birth of other words with the I Z E ending that changed them from #nouns to #verbs #language #rhetoric
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/15/overusing-word-weaponize/

On the vogue #word “weaponize,” a #metaphor for the word “politicize,” and the birth of other words with the I Z E ending that changed them from #nouns to #verbs #language #rhetoric
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/15/overusing-word-weaponize/

Let’s get GOING with this Hebrew Lesson! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Conjugating Verb “Going” is the topic of this mini lesson. Hope it helps get you going in the right direction with your Hebrew language learning!

#learnhebrew #getgoing #verbs #languagelearning #going #jewish #teacher #teachers

Several writers encountered recently use strange suffixes for converting a verb to a noun. One writer uses -ance for all (e.g. "agreeance", and isn't that painful). Author of the current bedside reading has a related problem with adjectival forms, as in "educative material". I wonder what spellchecker they're using?
#verbs #nouns #writers #grammar

It’s Monday, so I thought I’d post something inspiring.

#english #accent #nouns #verbs #inspirational

https://www.joeydevilla.com/2023/05/08/the-accented-syllable-matters/

Confusing verbs: lay & lie

In response to a recent question from several of my students, here’s a grammar post about two confusing verbs: lie and lay. (Actually, it’s three verbs, but we’ll come to that later.)

TO LAY

‘To lay’ means to put something down. It is followed by a direct object, i.e. it’s a transitive verb—after it we have to use a noun or a pronoun.

Take this blanket and lay it on the ground.

Its Simple Past and Past Participle form is LAID:

He laid the books on the table.

We have laid the foundation for our future cooperation.

The Present Participle, which we use to form all continuous tenses is LAYING:

We are laying down new rules.

This verb is often used with different prepositions, forming phrasal verbs with various meanings. Here are a few examples:

• to lay down: to define and implement a rule; to put something down
• to lay off: to make someone redundant
• to lay over: to stop somewhere for a short time during a journey
• to lay up: be / stay inactive due to illness or injury

TO LIE

‘To lie’ means to be in a horizontal position. It is not followed by a direct object, i.e. it’s an intransitive verb.

I feel very sleepy. I’m going to lie down. 

BE CAREFUL: the Simple Past form is LAY – same as the infinitive / present tense of ‘to lay’:

He lay in bed all day because he was unwell.

The Past Participle form is LAIN:

She had lain on the sofa for some time before she got up.

The Present Participle is LYING:

How long have you been lying in the sun? Your skin is so red!

This verb is also used to make a number of phrasal verbs, some of which are very frequent, such as:

• to lie around: to leave something out of place; spend time relaxing, not doing anything
• to lie ahead: to happen in the future
• to lie in: to stay in bed later than usual

TO LIE = to deceive

Finally, there’s the verb ‘to lie’, meaning to say something untrue in order to deceive. This verb is regular (just be careful with spelling): its Past Simple and Past Participle is LIED, and the Present Participle is LYING.

Stop lying to me!

I have never lied to anyone.

To recap, here’s the overview of the main forms of these three verbs:

You can now practise these verbs a bit using the online grammar exercise I’ve prepared on this topic.

Download my Verb Sheet to go along with todays YouTube lesson!

hebrewbyinbal.com/laasot

#hebrewbyinbal #hebrew #speakhebrew #signup #CheatSheets #jewish #israel #verbs #mastodon #fediverse #mazeldon

> The original BASIC has only 16 verbs or 'operators' (come, get, give, go, keep, let, make, put, seem, take, be, do, have, say, see, send, along with may and will), plus 20 'directives' (prepositions and particles), conceiving of verbs as 'directional actions':

https://web.archive.org/web/20081204112933/http://www.hltmag.co.uk/sep05/mart05.htm#C5
#BillTempler on #OgdensBasic #Verbs #OperatorActs #Prepositions #OperatorDirectives
#EFL #ESL #VerticalTranslation #Semantics