> From: John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > At 09:40 PM 9/14/2002 -0000 Alberto Monteiro wrote: > >Why is it _Killer Bees_ and not _Killing Bees_? IIRC, when a verb becomes > >a noun, it gets the _-er_ suffix, but when it becomes an adjective, it > >gets the _-ing_suffix. > > You must have mistook English for a language that actually follows > rules.....
There are rules. With killer bee's, the bees are the killer, with killing bee's the bees are being killed, with with bees killer the bees are being killed, and with bee's killing the bees are killing. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
