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OK...call me a grammar nazi, but...
When and why did we start using verbs as nouns?
It's just sloppy and wrong.
I give you an 'invitation' to a function.
I 'invite' you.
See the difference?
'Invitation' is a noun.
'Invite' is a verb.
Is it REALLY that hard to use four syllables instead of two?
Have we gotten that lazy?
On national TV I just saw a segment about repug presidential hopefuls who don't get an 'invite' to the debate.
Rest assured that you'll never get an invite from me.
If you're lucky, you might get an invitation.
Rant over.
Carry on.
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)There's a lot of sloppy usage out there.
Android3.14
(5,402 posts)Apparently for several centuries.
Merriem-Webster
2. invite
noun in·vite \ˈin-ˌvīt\
Definition of INVITE
: invitation 1
See invite defined for English-language learners
Examples of INVITE
Did you send out the invites to the party?
First Known Use of INVITE - 1659
trof
(54,256 posts)malthaussen
(17,204 posts)... in a living language, how common does colloquial usage, even if incorrect, have to be before it is considered standard, or at least an acceptable alternative? You could say I wonder about that alot.
-- Mal
olddots
(10,237 posts)johnp3907
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seveneyes
(4,631 posts)Verbing a noun as if it were a thing.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)The second is active, and "invite" is a verb.
Both Constructions are correct.
Rant on, man!
mnhtnbb
(31,392 posts)and do so, whether to an invitation--which I extend--or the invite they think they received!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I'll never make that mistake again!
mnhtnbb
(31,392 posts)Best laugh of the evening!
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)Sloppy speech and writing drives me nuts. One of my current rants is against the increasing use of "I" as a possessive. WTH? More and more, I am hearing the nails-on-a-chalkboard construction of "John and I's vacation." or "Mary and I's honeymoon." It makes me want to scream.
I never hear anyone do this in the singular, only the plural. Just like with "Him and me are going to play soccer," or "Me and her are going to the mall."
No one EVER says "I's vacation," or "Me is going to play soccer," or "Her is going to the mall."
mnhtnbb
(31,392 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)It's simple to test the pronoun separately, but maybe they don't have time to teach that now.
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)At least that's what they say to my face.
When my sister's kids were young, I asked her why she didn't correct the very usages you're talking about. She said she didn't need to, they'd hear the right usage enough they'd eventually say it correctly. Ha! The kids are adult and it's all "Me and him went to the library yesterday."
I was quite on top of my two (our kids are the same ages) and not only do they never use the subject form of a pronoun as an object or vice versa, they use "lie" and "lay" correctly.
NutmegYankee
(16,199 posts)Already the word invite is finding usage as a noun. In 50 years, it will be both a verb and a noun.