← Back to context Comment by TheOtherHobbes 3 days ago Maybe just Calvin and Hobbes.https://www.reddit.com/r/linguistics/comments/ky81y/verbing_... 2 comments TheOtherHobbes Reply dctoedt 10 hours ago "Verbing": For some reason, to me the use of "impact" as a verb has always been fingernails on a chalkboard. But it's hard to see the distinction between that and using "access" as a verb (as in the linked C & H strip), which seems unremarkable. alex_c 3 days ago This is hilarious - this week Claude’s writing was getting so bad I had this exact comic come to mind.Briefly considered adding “Verbing weirds the English language - stop it!!!” to its instructions.
dctoedt 10 hours ago "Verbing": For some reason, to me the use of "impact" as a verb has always been fingernails on a chalkboard. But it's hard to see the distinction between that and using "access" as a verb (as in the linked C & H strip), which seems unremarkable.
alex_c 3 days ago This is hilarious - this week Claude’s writing was getting so bad I had this exact comic come to mind.Briefly considered adding “Verbing weirds the English language - stop it!!!” to its instructions.
"Verbing": For some reason, to me the use of "impact" as a verb has always been fingernails on a chalkboard. But it's hard to see the distinction between that and using "access" as a verb (as in the linked C & H strip), which seems unremarkable.
This is hilarious - this week Claude’s writing was getting so bad I had this exact comic come to mind.
Briefly considered adding “Verbing weirds the English language - stop it!!!” to its instructions.