Imperfect knowledge on somebody's part does not change the facts. MrP

But to participate in re-nouning, one would have to be aware of the original state of play, wouldn't one? Only the person who described it as "re-nouning" would need to be aware of the original state of play. MrP

Your version has a different meaning from my original. In what way? See above: In your version, revising has no effect on the outcome. In my version, it does. MrP

"Number" refers to whether a noun is singular or plural. MrP

Hello Amit, 1. We will inform you post-weekend. There can be no objection to this in terms of word-formation: the prefix "post-" modifies "weekend", with the meaning "after the weekend", and "post-weekend" itself acts as an adverb.

Maybe MrP would prefer "the re-nouning of fail " or "the contemporary expansion of the verb fail into a noun If you replaced "or" with "involving", yes. MrP

I don't need to, old chap. One counter-example is enough to falsify the notion that "fail" as a noun is a new development. MrP

I don't feel he would have entirely approved.

You have a problem with the addition of "even" in my version? Why? Your version has a different meaning from my original. MrP

The noun "fail" is unremarkable. It occurs in Middle English. MrP