Linked by Steve Mulder on Fri 31st Jan 2003 07:35 UTC
Why, you might ask, would anyone want to build their own operating system? It's really about being in control and knowing what's going on.In the next few paragraphs I'll explain what motivated me to take on this project, the recipe I used, and what I like about it.
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He meant 'genericise', or 'genericize' for otherlanders. (And English mightn't want to verbify that easily, but it does compound and add suffixes.) Now get over it.
The phrase "I have bricked" conveys nothing about which action took place.
To the average native English speaker, I'm sure it actually conveys the meaning 'I have layed bricks', and most likely created a wall by doing so, especially thanks to the presence of the transitive verb...