Except that Ogden only included a very few verbs [be , have , come - go , put - 
take , give - get , make , keep , let , do , say , see , send , cause and 
because are occasionally used as operators; seem was later added.] So in 
practice people use about 60 of the nouns as verbs diminishing the 
'unambiguity' somewhat. Also most words are seriously polysemous. But it is a 
very good/interesting starting point!
= Jean-Paul

How does that work? The first 12 verbs above are among the most general, 
infinitely-meaningful and therefore ambiguous words in the language. There are 
an infinity of ways to "come" or "go" to a place.

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