On Thu, 21 Jun 2012, Benjamin Schultz wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Kerim Aydin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Thu, 21 Jun 2012, Benjamin Schultz wrote:
> >> <pet peeve>
> >> It's MOVE to reconsider.  Please don't verb your nouns.  ARRRR!
> >> </pet peeve>
> >
> > In agreement I am.  Ashamed, I am.
> >
> > The verb, though, is "file" [a motion].
> >
> >
> 
> Both are acceptable usage.  One may file/submit a motion to do
> something (useful in courts); one may move to do something (useful in
> assemblies).  But one never motions to do something.

Yep!  My point was that the rule in question (R2318) specifies filing 
a motion.

In fact, conceptually, "move" (assembly) is more synonymous with 
"public expression of intent, seeking support to move forward" than it 
is with "filing a motion" (court).  So it's possible that the correct 
use is "I move to file a motion (pending 2 support)".

-G. the metamotionor

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