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Wednesday September 24, 1975 daily nebraskan page 17 bernstein on wed? ouns verbe N r m By Theodore M. Bernstein Not a predominaat adverb. A Colum bus Ohio, reader asks about the word predominately as in the term "predomi nately white" or "predominately black." She says her librarian tells her the library's dictionary lists no such word, nor, she says, does hers, but both list predominantly. Actually, almost all dictionaries do include the word and it is not a latter-day development. The big Oxford English Dictionary traces it back as far as 1594, but labels it "rare. Today's dictionaries do not even give it that label, but it is true that predominantly is the predominant form. :. ; , Should nouns be Yerbed? The answer, which was given here once before, is a re stricted yes. The process of what in grammar is called "conversion" has been going on since the 13th century and in many instances has made the language more economical and more precise. It is crisper, for example, to say a man gardens than to say he tends a garden. However, one th&t bothers Miss Phyllis G. Chew of Salem, N.J., and many other people is "host," as in "he will host a party.". Another is author, as in "she authored a romantic novel." It is too late to prevent people from saying that Senator Blank chaired the meeting, although that coinage is only a couple of decades old. But let's hope the senator will never be allowed to motion adjoumament. The conversion of nouns into verbs is acceptable if it fills a need, but there is no need for mere novelty. Word oddities. Why the expression "by the same token;" why always a token and not a coin? asks Donald K. Fenstermacher of Collingswood, N.J. A coin is a piece of metal used as money. A token sometimes is something similar, but more often is a thing that represents or indicates a fact, a happening, a feeling, etc. By the same token means likewise or calls up the similarity to one of those things. In that sense it has nothing to do with a piece of metal, with a piece of metal. (c) 1975 Theodora M. Bernstein 1 r i iL frttl fhmitntll -" S'tiii lilHrtl til" jS i ll fin ?rf if"'" tin & .jf. A 'KdtoUBiL... ..... n NOW AT 1:30 3:25-5:20-7:20 9:20 Tito soar to 2024... probably live tOE. OMBUDSMAN 110 BURNETT a. Jt. All BAStC RITUALS M T AMASUTRA." . ' m. ,i pas naughty co-kit! "Sex tnd ths fa csa asder 13 Harry! Eisis Tfesrs.! -5 it i it Rt if f It. 4- afwui &tam.3 ...... V" . ;J '.js,..' .... WMn jor-. Y'i -fi R,IKSTBCTI3 sx II rstso. rsr mnxy ia ca wsriwMj 17 ST.JUDE C --' RESEARCH i HELPING CWJLIJMEL EJVE IBMMMMmMJT TEEWOMM 'IHLDREN'S IOSPUAL KM IT j iWi Send contributions to: MEMPHIS, TENN. 38101 r (jet a minor over haul for your biko for Winter storage with this coupon. Regularly Priced at $19.95, and overhaul is $10 with this coupon. GET $10 OFF PURCHASE PRICE ON ANY BIKE IN STOCK OR $20 OFF ANY AC CESSORIES WITH THE PURCHASE " OF ANY BIKE WITH s TuirniiPrN a iti.v www. w.- . 3 revx fTlf. Bike 11th and Cornhusker 477-4711 (coupon expires Oct. 1,1975) tlio create 1 ctf an of tti3 dcssd3 b cntcrtc!nnsciit'ovciit I jjWjls St. Loiks Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin Conducting , FHtOAV.OCTOBin ll.tr.M, RXIHUMI OvMxik fcifw , Uoim . . .ConomolorHuMnmlHwp ltviv . , mi(ion N- J lATUMDAV.NOVfMMCN V(M. ' Wtywr . .0nH lo Bi AKKiwiKlaiktn . AitaM or SMinp nd Winlt Hwt . . , tww Mo. 2 iium Owhr.it tnd Cfcto feitmu ,. . .SnvK" Mo. lOILL 131 GFF&L I '-' 472-25S3 472-3375 JNOAV,WV6MBtHl.M. SlMl.lt . . Th. So. Binor. w( Mc in F ind C MUX ! i 'Old Ko(ucky Momi" f u" ruut Hi Foul Union "Th SWnint $hor" Ttx Oeo'l Sloeum u.y. (itNliul, . . , . vmtMny "o. 3 S &YA!UiLE AT: m 113 UOSIC EELBES A KliViBALL RECITAL HALL Sand tickt ordr to: Kimball Box Office University of Nebraska Lincoln. Nebraska 68583 Mak ch.ck pybl to Univ.r.ity of Nabraika anvtlop All tti rsrvwd 5 8 ill Hcsftfl n fray f rftriuifl w im ltfv by Samuel CallU Smnuti Gll tat Thm I McErltM .-"S.JflTKm on!l JCSephE. Bluth Bill Sargent and John J. Tennent Sya ESscter gHHUMAl tour?! KA(. HOW AVAHAklt N UMiUDAWTlitt MCOWU AWO 1AHt. Tschnicoler' SW 01 TK-SCREEN....C&pturcd for fha csmsr2s...tect... C!sgd...tmSIlcd...exsxtSy ss tt ivss prcssistsa cn stags. H SS!0lSftT 1 1 3.- i ; . ALL ' 1:30 .ffX SEATS ' 7:394:29 lllClI ij ' . $3.01 j i