[genotypewriter]

Hi Pinhole,



[quote name='Pinhole' timestamp='1299495611' post='6566']

Now, the linguistic issue is, if we take bokeh as a noun describing the blur - and thus requiring adjectival modifiers (harsh, soft, creamy etc.) to complete its meaning, there is no grammatical reason why we should be forbidden from using other modifiers to describe the amount of bokeh - (thus, a photo in which all areas are in focus has by definition "very little bokeh".

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Well let's take the noun "mother" for example. We might be able to use the adjectives kind, young, fit, running or even yummy with it but we can we say, for example, a quasarian mother? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Coming down to the basics of languages, a language has: (1) an alphabet, (2) words and (3) grammar rules. If we can't just combine letters from the existing alphabet and create any new word as we wish, how is it possible for us to use existing grammar rules in any way wish and expect a sensible sentence? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



GTW