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WildWing

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Did you check your post?

As a verb, "He was regularly pilloried..."

Pillory is still a noun, despite the bitter complaints from the peanut gallery.

All the best,
WW
 

Snooker Theory

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First, you clearly stated that
As a verb, it would have to be pilloried, or pillorying. Pillory is only a noun.

All the best,
WW

Then you also stated,
Think pillory is a verb too?

So clearly you thought pillory was only a noun, then you changed your story to "
Some modern uses, yes.
W


So is Pillory only a noun?!?

Because when I look on these dictionary sites they say it's a verb and also use it as a verb in example sentences.
 

WildWing

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First, you clearly stated that


Then you also stated,

So clearly you thought pillory was only a noun, then you changed your story to "


So is Pillory only a noun?!?

Because when I look on these dictionary sites they say it's a verb and also use it as a verb in example sentences.

No, read more carefully. I was referring to Jimmy's post on Pillorize, not Pillory.

Look above.

All the best,
WW
 

Snooker Theory

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So maybe someone will clarify is "we do not want to pillory people without cause." grammatically incorrect?
 

Boxcar

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Brethren in Pool,

Please note the next-to-the-last example at the bottom.


pillory
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
pil‧lo‧ry1 /ˈpɪləri/ verb (pilloried, pillorying, pillories) [transitive]
if someone is pilloried, they are publicly criticized by a lot of people, especially in newspapers etc
The education secretary was pilloried by the press for his latest proposals.
Grammar
Pillory is usually passive.
→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
pillory
• Middleton suffered the ultimate humiliation of being pilloried by his colleagues in front of the television cameras.
• Carter was pilloried for his military policies.
• Harper was pilloried in the press after his team's sixth consecutive defeat.
• We do not want to pillory people without cause.
• They were clearly on the lookout for a second opening to pillory their headmistress.
 

jackpot

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Okay okay

VERB , NOUN , BOTH, IS IT SAFE ?

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'll give it back, just stop
 

lfigueroa

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Looks like pillory is a noun, rather than a verb. Would have better to say subject the recipient to the pillory. Just an observation. This is far from past plu perfect, by the way.

All the best,
WW


Nope.

Lou Figueroa
sticking with pillory
as a voib
 

lfigueroa

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If you say so. But if it's all the same to you, I'll trust Merriam-Webster, Oxford and Miss Joy, my smokin' hot high school English teacher.


No smokin' hot high school teachers, just Jesuits in cassocks.

Lou Figueroa
 
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