On page 10 of the following link we see, "A proverb is used to stand for a verb, just as a pronoun is used to stand for a noun. (The word proverb in this sense is found only in larger dictionaries.) For example:"
http://www.jsoftware.com/books/pdf/arithmetic.pdf >From a Google search of "site:jsoftware.com proverb". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
