On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Sherlock, Ric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think these are all examples of an adverb acting on a noun to its left to > form a new verb?
No. These are all examples of an adverb acting on a noun to its left. But the first example forms a noun. And other examples form an adverb or a conjunction. Some other examples illustrate the use of the derived adverb or derived conjunction. > For an explicit statement that says that when an adverb applies to a noun on > its > left it forms a new verb. Since an adverb plus a noun can form a new noun, or a new adverb, or a new conjunction, you will not find such a statement in the dictionary. a=: 1 :'5+#m' 'b' a 6 Here, a is an adverb, and 'b' is a noun. The adverb plus the noun forms a new noun (6). Since a noun is not a verb, this illustrates that an adverb plus a noun need not form a new verb. -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
