Joseph HellerNurse Duckett found Yossarian wonderful and was already trying to change him.
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Nurse Duckett found Yossarian wonderful and was already trying to change him. means, she was already trying to change him. In other words, this phrase is a slang for the use of a word as a noun. For example, “Bye-bye!” is also a slang for “Bye!”
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