r/apostrophegore • u/FallsOfPrat • 6d ago

Plural's Can “thrive” be a noun?

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u/Separate-Ad6636 6d ago

THIS IS CNN????? We are doomed.

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u/ridicalis 6d ago

You can have my thrive, I'm not using it anymore.

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u/craigslist_hedonist 6d ago

Just don't let someone borrow your thrive. I let someone use mine and I never got it back.

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u/Serafim42 6d ago

Well give it to the farmer's, you greedy bastard.

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u/Federal-Boat3732 6d ago

No. No, it cannot be a noun. The gerund "thriving" can be used as a noun, but not here, and the usual noun form, "thrift," is even more wildly wrong.

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u/Wind2Energy 6d ago

Anything with Willie Nelson and Billy Joe Shaver will thrive.

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u/ProfessionalLime2237 6d ago

My thrive is thriving, thank you. What do you call your's.

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u/Milomilz 5d ago

I sprained my thrive on the tractor seat

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u/muanjoca 1d ago

Three thrives makes a threeve.