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One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.

One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.

Edward Sapir
Simplicity, Verbs, Nouns
Edward Sapir, Pierre Swiggers (2008). “General Linguistics”, p.268, Walter de Gruyter

These examples of the lack of simplicity in English and French, all appearances to the contrary, could be multiplied almost without limit and apply to all national languages.

Edward Sapir
Simplicity, Limits, Example
Edward Sapir, David Goodman Mandelbaum (1985). “Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality”, p.117, Univ of California Press

A logical analysis of reflexive usages in French shows, however, that this simplicity is an illusion and that, so far from helping the foreigner, it is more calculated to bother him.

Edward Sapir
Simplicity, Analysis, Helping
Edward Sapir, Pierre Swiggers (2008). “General Linguistics”, p.280, Walter de Gruyter

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