Foment is a verb not a noun. Ferment is the correct usage. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rubensteins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 6:51 AM Subject: [framcom] ferment note
> Re: yesterday's discussion of "ferment", from today's New York Times: > > WEEKEND ARTS > > From Lurid to Luminous: Pre-Nazi German Images > Looking at this selection of German art at the Neue Galerie, it's hard not > to think about the background of creative ferment that culminated in the > rise of Nazism. With a slide show. > > While I too thought they intended to use "foment" (to provoke, stir up), I > have learned something new. > Anne Rubenstein > > >
