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   Mike Powell to ALEXANDER KORYAGIN   
   Funny story about Russian   
   21 Feb 24 09:28:00   
   
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   >  MP> It can also mean to attach a message to a physical cork bulletin   
   >  MP> board, wall, fencepost, telephone pole, etc., such as "I posted a   
   >  MP> for sale flyer on the break room bulletin board" or "I posted the   
   >  MP> lost pet flyers to several phone poles in the neighborhood."   
      
   > I see. And indeed any noun in English can be converted into a verb. So, if we   
   > ve a lamp post we can post a message. ;-)   
      
   This is correct.  ;)  There are some nouns that convert to verbs better   
   than others, but that has never stopped (American) English speakers from   
   trying to convert them all.   
      
   Mike   
      
      
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