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When “Skyping” is used as a verb, should it be capitalized?
When the word "Skyping" is used as a verb, should it be capitalized. My thinking is that it should be capitalized because the root is a proper noun. Does anyone know of a rule about this question?
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Verbing, or turning nouns into verbs [duplicate]
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What is it called when a non-verb is used as a verb?
The phenomenon of turning a noun into a verb is very common. Some are more well known, like "shouldering the blame" ...
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Are there any cases where “prepend” cannot be replaced by “prefix”?
"Prepend" is seeing a fair amount of use, both in programmer jargon and elsewhere.
Its use seems to come from a desire to create a word that is a direct parallel to "append."
However, such a word ...
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Is “tweet” a proper verb now?
So I know that in modern English, the word "google" is considered a proper verb now. Can the same be said for the word "tweet" (i.e. to post a 140-char message to Twitter)?
