In some languages (like my specialty, German) verbs can be used as nouns with no perceptible change in spelling. Not so in English. Witness the following:
That tube in front looks a lot like something that is controlled by breathe.
'Breath' is of course the noun form, while 'breathe' is the verb. Also acceptable would have been the gerund, the verb-as-noun version 'breathing.'
Source: http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/13/book-time-a-physical.html
Monday, April 13, 2009
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