are you asking sbout simply adding an l or about that additoion to a noun that is in some way connected to the reulant verb, as in your example---you kneel by going down on your knee, which is not the same as bow ro bowl.
are you asking sbout simply adding an l or about that additoion to a noun that is in some way connected to the reulant verb, as in your example---you kneel by going down on your knee, which is not the same as bow ro bowl.
You haven't seen me bowl. I hunch over in a motion that looks awfully like I am bowing.
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maxdancona
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Sat 15 Jun, 2019 11:50 am
@hightor,
I suspect that pane and panel are somehow related.
panel isn't a verb as far as I can tell. tenpins or candlepins? I think candlepins are more fun than an endless series of strikes (not that I ever got an endless series of strikes)
okay, I'll accept that tho I've never heard it used that way
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hightor
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Sun 16 Jun, 2019 02:33 am
@maxdancona,
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I suspect that pane and panel are somehow related.
They're related, yes, but the verb form (to panel) isn't being formed by adding an "L" to pane; the existing word "panel" is being used as a verb via a process called "verbing":
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This conversion of nouns to verbs is known as ‘verbing’ and it has been around for as long as the English language itself. Ancient verbs such as rain and thunder and more recent conversions such as access, chair, debut, highlight and impact were all originally used only as nouns before they became verbs. In his book, The Language Instinct, Steven Pinker tells us that ‘Easy conversion of nouns to verbs has been part of English grammar for centuries; it is one of the processes that makes English English.’
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