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Old 20-Jan-2005, 15:49
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Out of curiosity, how many verb-noun phrase permutations(all possible combinations) exist in the english language?
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A whole bunch. Many. Quite a few.


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Out of curiosity, how many verb-noun phrase permutations(all possible combinations) exist in the english language?
I don't understand the question, sorry. Could you give us an example of what's meant by "permutations"?
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My best guess is that the questioner meant combinations. And in my humble opinion it is impossible to count all the possible noun-verb combinations. One can only estimate.

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