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invitation vs. invite
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Re: invitation vs. invite
Unfortunately, even TK spells it wrong. /headdesk
http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/invite.html
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/invite
http://www.kirkmahoney.com/blog/2008/03/invite-vs-invitation/
"Informal" means "slang", which means the language evolved because people continued to misuse the word. It does not make it right. "Invite" is still a verb.
Dictionary.com also lists "ain't". That doesn't mean "ain't" is proper.
Unless it's in the OED I'm not buying it. Sorry.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re:invitation vs. invite: Unless it's in the OED I'm not buying it. Sorry.
Posted by StephBeanWed61502[/QUOTE]
Ding. I was going to look it up in the OED and link it, but I don't have a subscription anymore. :(
I've used "invite" to mean "invitation" in a text message, but I kind of hate myself for it.
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Posted by midgetthemighty[/QUOTE]
I freely admit that if someone puts the world "isle" in their post, I immediately exit the thread. My patience for bad grammar and spelling is seriously low these days.
[QUOTE]I can find links too! <a href="http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/invite.html" rel="nofollow">http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/invite.html</a> <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/invite" rel="nofollow">http://www.thefreedictionary.com/invite</a> <a href="http://www.kirkmahoney.com/blog/2008/03/invite-vs-invitation/" rel="nofollow">http://www.kirkmahoney.com/blog/2008/03/invite-vs-invitation/</a> "Informal" means "slang", which means the language evolved because people continued to misuse the word. It does not make it right. "Invite" is still a verb. Dictionary.com also lists "ain't". That doesn't mean "ain't" is proper.
Posted by wrigleyville[/QUOTE]
Yes, you are right about the language evolving! But if we always stuck to what is "proper," we'd still be speaking Ye Olde English. So while it may be more proper to use "invitation" instead of "invite," it shouldn't make using "invite" as a noun any less acceptable especially in this day and age of abbreviating pretty much everything.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: invitation vs. invite : it shouldn't make using "invite" as a noun any less acceptable especially in this day and age of abbreviating pretty much everything.
Posted by UberBiz[/QUOTE]
And you find this trend of abbreivating everything appealing, do you?
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: invitation vs. invite : And you find this trend of abbreivating everything appealing, do you?
Posted by daffodil_jill[/QUOTE]
I'm not an all-or-nothing kind of person when it comes to language. If it works, it works. There are more ridiculous things than abbreviating invitation as invite. I also give a little more leeway in online forums and in text messages. If you're writing a formal business letter or a thesis, then absolutely you should use proper English and grammar rules. I still don't think invite is that bad a transgression, though.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re:invitation vs. invite: Unless it's in the OED I'm not buying it. Sorry.
Posted by StephBeanWed61502[/QUOTE]
Actually it is in the OED. In fact, it's the first entry that comes up when you type "invite" - noun, then verb.
<em>colloq.</em><div id="eid11198" class="senseGroup scrollUnit"><div class="top"><div class="corner"> <span class="numbering"><strong>1.</strong></span> The act of inviting; an invitation.</div></div><div class="frame"><div id="eid11200" class="quotationsBlock"><div id="eid11201" class="quotation"><span class="noIndent">1659 <span class="smallCaps">H. L'Estrange</span> <em><a rel="0022204" class="sourcePopup">Alliance Divine Offices</a></em> 326</span> Bishop Cranmer..gives him an earnest invite to England.</div><div id="eid11209" class="quotation"><span class="noIndent">1778 <span class="smallCaps">F. Burney</span> <em>Let.</em> Sept. in <em><a rel="1438578" class="sourcePopup">Early Jrnls. & Lett.</a></em> (1994) III. 159</span> Every body Bowed, & accepted the invite but me..for I have no Notion of snapping at invites from the Great.</div><div id="eid11219" class="quotation"><span class="noIndent">1818 <span class="smallCaps">Lady Morgan</span> <em><a rel="0023433" class="sourcePopup">Passages from Autobiogr.</a></em> (1859) 39</span> We have refused two invites for to-day.</div><div id="eid11228" class="quotation"><span class="noIndent">1818 <span class="smallCaps">Lady Morgan</span> <em><a rel="0023433" class="sourcePopup">Passages from Autobiogr.</a></em> (1859) 292</span> For Monday we have had three dinner invites.</div><div id="eid11237" class="quotation"><span class="noIndent">1825 <span class="smallCaps">T. Hook</span> <em><a rel="0009987" class="sourcePopup">Sayings & Doings</a></em> 2nd Ser. I. 279</span> Adepts in every little meanness or contrivance likely to bring about an invitation (or, as they call it with equal good taste, an ‘invite’).</div><div id="eid11247" class="quotation"><span class="noIndent">1883 <span class="smallCaps">C. R. Smith</span> <em><a rel="0144676" class="sourcePopup">Retrosp.</a></em> I. 21</span> Mr. Isaacson readily accepted the invite.</div><div id="eid11256" class="quotation"><span class="noIndent">1937 <em><a rel="0017235" class="sourcePopup">Times</a></em> 28 Dec. 7/5</span> This little servant girl, who..believed that she would some day receive an ‘invite’ to a royal ball and marry the prince, [etc.].</div><div id="eid11265" class="quotation"><span class="noIndent">1968 <em><a rel="0048736" class="sourcePopup">Listener</a></em> 13 June 770/1</span> Is it just an invite from the colonel for a working week-end?</div><div id="eid11273" class="quotation"><span class="noIndent">1970 <span class="smallCaps">G. F. Newman</span> <em><a rel="0015701" class="sourcePopup">Sir, You Bastard</a></em> v. 143</span> The four detectives didn't await an invite into the house.</div></div><p class="quotations"><a href="http://www.oed.com.proxy.library.ucsb.edu:2048/view/Entry/99144?rskey=Yf8Cgw&result=1#" class="toggleQuotationsClass" rel="nofollow">(Hide quotations)</a></p></div><div class="bottom"><div class="corner"> </div></div></div><div class="top"><div class="corner"><div class="thesaurusWrapper"><a rel="th122209/142646/144091/144196/144219/144223/144224" class="thesaurusRef">Thesaurus »</a></div><div class="categoriesWrapper"><a rel="11281" class="categoriesRef">Categories »</a></div> </div><h3 id="eid11281">†<span class="numbering"><strong>2.</strong></span> <em>pl.</em> (<em>nonce-use</em> <em>for rhyme</em>.) Attractions, baits.</h3></div><div id="eid11286" class="quotationsBlock"><div id="eid11287" class="quotation"><span class="noIndent">1615 <span class="smallCaps">G. Sandys</span> <em><a rel="0009998" class="sourcePopup">Relation of Journey</a></em> 305</span> The Lamprey swims to his Lords invites [<em>natat ad magistrum delicata murena</em>], The Bedel the knowne Mullet cites.</div></div>
[QUOTE]"Colloq" means "colloquialism", not "noun" or "verb".
Posted by wrigleyville[/QUOTE]
Yes, I know what it means. I didn't say that colloq means noun or verb. This is the definition that comes up when you click "invite n."
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: invitation vs. invite : I freely admit that if someone puts the world "isle" in their post, I immediately exit the thread. My patience for bad grammar and spelling is seriously low these days.
Posted by Joy2611[/QUOTE]
<div>I just imagine the person getting married on an isle. </div><div><a href="http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html" rel="nofollow">http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html</a></div>
[QUOTE]In the industry, they're more often referred to as invites than invitations. It's pronounced differently depending on whether you're using invite as a verb or noun.
Posted by LeiselEB[/QUOTE]
<div>I agree with this - I say INvite for a noun and inVITE for a verb. I'm not saying it makes it 'right' but at least there's a clear distinction when speaking and it's very easy to pick up on context when reading.</div><div>
</div><div>As for here, this is forum. I think it's acceptable to use abbreviations in an informal setting. It's not blatantly incorrect like the isle/aisle thing.</div><div>
</div><div>But if this is what E has come to, well then.</div>
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The way you speak to kids and the way you speak to your boss? Not the same thing. On a message board online or text message? Not the same thing either. It requires less formality and offers a wider range of style. Someone that uses bad grammar is someone who puts together words and sentences so badly that you cannot understand this person.
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