On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:55:16 +0100, kimpolik
<rafbuk@wp.pl> wrote:
> I found also a word "to dust" but i'm not sure am i right :-)
No, dusting is normally done with a duster (a cloth ot in some places
feathers on a stick), and applies to solid and often delicate objects
not to the floor (conversely, a vacuum cleaner is not usually applied to
delicate objects).
Although I generally dislike verbed nouns ("verbing weirds nouns!"),
most people would probably use "to vacuum" ("vacuuming") or "to hoover"
(based on a common make of vacuum cleaner).
("But if vacuums are empty why do they need cleaning?")
Chris C
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