On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 1:04 AM, Paul E Condon <pecon...@mesanetworks.net> wrote: > > In English, both 'stop job' and 'stopped job' are an adjective > modifying a noun. The noun in both cases is 'job'. 'stop job' is a > noun phrase expressing a type of job, and must be some kind of geeky > usage. OTOH, the noun phrase 'stopped job' is a job that is not > progressing, or not running. But in this context, 'job' must itself > have a geeky, technical jargon meaning.
I don't understand why you've got a bee under your bonnet because of the "stop job" phrase! "Stop" in "stop job" isn't an adjective, it's a noun (or an attributive noun) just like "office" in "office chair." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SxjM8=tX7qBip5qtVvWnVu5vdfWvTZ9zfTqXkUs=ym...@mail.gmail.com
