There may be a more definitive listing of English language words with the most different meanings thanthis one but for the purposes of this thread, let’s go with the idea that “set” and “run” win that contest.
Your challenge is to use either (both is even better) of these words in a new sense from all preceding posts.
To make it clear which usage of which word(s) you’re trying to improve on, please quote the latest post so that subsequent posters will know where things stood at the time you posted. This should help to reduce the confusion that simulposts may cause.
Anybody want to guess how many posts it will take before we get an honest-to-goodness duplicate meaning?
I’m going to stick my neck out and say twelve posts before a repeated sense.
To start the ball rolling, use different meanings from:
“Jerry set the clock to see how long it would run before it quit altogether.”
Can prepositions be added to create verb phrases (as in two meanings of “go” if you say "It didn’t go over well with him when his ex started to go out with his brother)?
If the meaning is the same but one usage is as a noun and the other is as a verb, do they count as separate words (“my dog likes to run in the dog run”)?
Are you allowed to use inflected forms? (setting, ran, etc.)
As for the rules of this thread, I’d rather leave that to you. I believe the adjunct of prepositions does alter the basic sense of the word, and the verb-vs.-noun issue surely counts as a “different meaning.” But I’m all for allowing you to interpret the meanings as you wish. And I’d say the inflected forms can be used, but it would be neater to stay with the basic words as far as possible. Even avoiding plurals would be useful.
Once somebody spots what he or she considers a “same sense” usage in two separate posts, calling attention to those instances will be fuel for a debate or discussion on how closely the two senses or meanings are.
I’m definitely not setting myself up as a judge for this exercise. It’s mostly for fun. So, have fun with it.
Hey Joe, I found the bug in your script. That variable is a set value rather than a constant value because the routine is being executed with a run parameter this time.
