witnesses a barely perceptible transformation ordinary language: verbs — Ivan Illich, Right Useful Unemployment Professional Enemies

Its Professional Enemies Ivan Illich The Right to Useful Unemployment

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We are the witnesses of a barely perceptible transformation in ordinary language: verbs which formerly expressed satisfying actions have been replaced by nouns which name packages designed for passive consumption only — 'to learn' becomes 'to accumulate credits'.

Ivan Illich, The Right to Useful Unemployment and Its Professional Enemies

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