tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33549841.post3027400917752621269..comments2023-03-31T05:46:40.000-04:00Comments on Jennwith2ns: Gerunds, Etc.Jennwith2nshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07798541847458334716noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33549841.post-16988746715036119932009-08-24T11:36:51.402-04:002009-08-24T11:36:51.402-04:00I agree with Cliff: the wonderful arbitrariness o...I agree with Cliff: the wonderful arbitrariness of English. Thankfully, every language has its inconsistencies, so we're not alone in it!Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13327171941606623992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33549841.post-17213967943768667712009-08-22T11:49:48.063-04:002009-08-22T11:49:48.063-04:00I'm trying to decide if this implies something...I'm trying to decide if this implies something about our views of curses and blessings. <br />When I think about blessings I think about things coming my way. (of varying degrees of shallowness.) To be blessed is to recieve something from a menu of options health, wealth, happiness, money, good fodd.<br />Perhaps it's just me, but when I think about curses I think about being deprived of things: stuff is taken away. <br />I don't know if that's connected to the "ing" thing or not. But it also occurs to me that we use the word "cursing" to mean an action (both swearing or the act of bringing about curses on people.)<br /><br />We'd be less likely to use blessing to describe the act of "casting" good things on people.Jeffhttp://jeffsdeepthoughts.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33549841.post-52147357154726694532009-08-20T21:23:52.030-04:002009-08-20T21:23:52.030-04:00The wonderful arbitrariness of English. :)The wonderful arbitrariness of English. :)Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360372141197724376noreply@blogger.com