On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 10:35:11AM -0400, Tom H wrote: > 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."
Or it could be a verb, as in a command "Stop job!" :) Maybe Steve heard it years ago. :) -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- 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/20140815114658.GH11178@tal