Bloody hell...I wrote a blog, posted it, realized I didn't want to post it (it made me too stalkable), and now I can't take it down. Theoretically, I should replace it with something equally witty and interesting, but I'm having a total brain fart and can't think of anything.
So.
Here is a brief lesson in grammar. And believe me, you asked for it.
"Addicting" is NOT AN ADJECTIVE! You CANNOT SAY "this gum is so addicting." IT DOESN'T WORK. There is a perfectly good adjective which means the same thing as you think "addicting" means. It's called "ADDICTIVE," i.e. "this heroine is so addictive."
What then, you ask, is "addicting," if not an adjective? It's a transitive verb in some dictionaries, and a reflexive verb in the OED. Either way, it needs an object, for example: "I am addicting my friends to my stuffed mushrooms of joyousness."
See, now was that so difficult?
So.
Here is a brief lesson in grammar. And believe me, you asked for it.
"Addicting" is NOT AN ADJECTIVE! You CANNOT SAY "this gum is so addicting." IT DOESN'T WORK. There is a perfectly good adjective which means the same thing as you think "addicting" means. It's called "ADDICTIVE," i.e. "this heroine is so addictive."
What then, you ask, is "addicting," if not an adjective? It's a transitive verb in some dictionaries, and a reflexive verb in the OED. Either way, it needs an object, for example: "I am addicting my friends to my stuffed mushrooms of joyousness."
See, now was that so difficult?
Off to Barcelona. I hear there's a fantastic hedge maze.