stripey
Well-known member
Can someone please explain why my Thread [Ads on this forum] has been moved, and where has it been moved to?
How I love the potential ambiguity of our language! I thought you were about to tell us all about threads which moved you to tears!!
It's because the same word can function in different grammatical categories. "Moving" can be adjectival - "moving story" - or verb participle - "moving house". A word like "round" can work in 4 ways: adjective "round body; noun "seconds away, round 3"; verb "round off the edges with a file; adverb; "going round in circles".
OK Kev, you have moved me to go and have a lie down after that:wh