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Malady (Not-So-Newbie)
#1: Apr 27th 2017 at 3:48:12 PM

Does Verbed Title have to have -ed endings in its examples?

Sometimes when a work wants to sound comedic and edgy, or maybe just easy to remember, it will adopt a title consisting of One Word; a verb in the past perfect tense.

I just added a variant of the "Give context, please" message from One-Word Title, and I used Frozen as an example, even though it doesn't have the -ed ending the title implies.

In the discussion and the YTTKW, there was a debate about allowing Lost and other past perfect, but not -ed titles.

So, if we're allowing any past perfect verbs, rename to Past Perfect Title? Or Past Perfect Verb Title?

Also, does it have to be a One-Word Title?

edited 27th Apr '17 3:48:23 PM by Malady

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#2: Apr 27th 2017 at 5:54:17 PM

@Malady This is the sort of question that belongs in Trope Talk, not TRS. You've given no indication that there's anything broken about the page, or that the name is ambiguous enough to need repair.

Declining to open, and please don't put questions like this in TRS.

Yes, it needs to be a verb. Yes, it needs to be one word. Yes, it needs to be in the past tense. It does not have to end in -ed. Lost, Frozen, Sold, are all verbs in the past tense that do not end in -ed.

edited 27th Apr '17 5:57:45 PM by Madrugada

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