Engineering amazing

[Jonathan Lighter]

If you're AT&T, you can "rethink possible":

http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2010/att-rethink-possible/

JL

On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:

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>  > "Amazing" is a noun.
> That's the pricing of a progressing.
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> Tom Zurinskas=2C first Ct 20 yrs=2C then Tn 3=2C NJ 33=2C Fl 9.
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> > Just saw the commercial (one of several) in its entirety.
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> > "Amazing" is a noun.
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> > "When you pursue industry-leading safety=2C you don't just engineer
> > breakthroughs and simulation technology. You engineer amazing."
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> > On Fri=2C Sep 16=2C 2011 at 2:44 PM=2C victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.
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> > > Ram Tough=3D=3DTough As [a] Ram~~Tough Like [a] Ram (with
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> > > Actually=2C
> > > interpreting "engineering" as a gerund=2C would add one more variant
> > > interpretation to "engineering amazing"--amazing engineering. But=2C I
> > > suspect
> > > that most people would see a verb there (participle).
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> > > VS-)
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> > > On Thu=2C Sep 15=2C 2011 at 5:02 PM=2C Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netc
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> > > > I'm not sure whether to top-post or bottom-post now=2C but I don't
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> > > > connection between "engineering amazing" (vt + adj) and "Ram tough"
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> > > > Benjamin Barrett
> > > > Seattle=2C WA
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> > > > On Sep 15=2C 2011=2C at 1:39 PM=2C Ronald Butters wrote:
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> > > > > Surely there are constructions galore of the form Noun +
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> > > > thing}=2C particularly in advertising? "POM wonderful"? "the coffee
> > > > delicious"? "Ram Tough"?
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