I was reading the "Oxford Word Skills" book when I got a question:  Since "roast" itself can act as an adjective (and of course as a verb), is it correct to say either "roasted chicken" or "roast chicken"? Or, the first option is not correct? The book has offered the second phrase, so which one is a more proper word to use? As a general question, if a word has a verb and an adjective form (like what we see here), and since P.P of verbs can also act as an adjective, is there any rule to use one over the other? Or is it optional? Thanks in advance...
We can say ‘fried fish’, ‘baked potato’ or ‘minced pork’ using past participles for modifiers.  However, ‘roast’ is different - either ‘roast duck’ or ‘roasted duck’ works, it seems to me.  How should we analyze this?  Is ‘roast’ a noun modifying a noun here, or is it a different form of the past participle?  (According to freedictionary.com, in Middle English the past participle was ‘roste’ – does that mean that this was once a strong verb?)
Running the minimal example  \documentclass{article} \usepackage{filecontents} \begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib} @ARTICLE{example,   author  = {Other, Anthony Norman},   title   = {Some things I did},   year    = {2014},   journal = {J.~Irrep. Res.},   volume  = {1},   number  = {1},   pages   = {1-10} } \end{filecontents*} \usepackage[backend=biber]{biblatex} \addbibresource{\jobname.bib} \begin{document} Hello\cite{example}. \printbibliography \end{document}   I get the warning There were undefined references.  I have read  and know that I need to run:   LaTeX Biber LaTeX   However, my editor is only set up to run BibTeX. How do I go about setting up my editor/IDE to be able to run Biber, and how do I run the LaTeX/Biber/LaTeX cycle?  Answers (sorted alphabetically by editor name)                    Answer guidelines   Each answer should be for one editor. If the editor is cross-platform, if possible give a single answer with notes covering the minor platform variations. 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