tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957711516423189280.post1719821452025234891..comments2023-05-06T01:52:27.335-07:00Comments on The Sentence Sleuth: Criminal Sentence 115: Noun or Verb?The Sentence Sleuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253486236870691918noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957711516423189280.post-85847884186839727992008-12-06T13:47:00.000-08:002008-12-06T13:47:00.000-08:00My dictionary says "invite" can be a noun (informa...My dictionary says "invite" can be a noun (informal). My dictionary also tells me that "vein" can be a verb but only to mean to create veins in something.The Sentence Sleuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09253486236870691918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957711516423189280.post-14950769284311888952008-12-05T20:17:00.000-08:002008-12-05T20:17:00.000-08:00Hi!As far as I know, "an invite" is a slang term f...Hi!<BR/><BR/>As far as I know, "an invite" is a slang term for invitation. Do you have a problem with folks calling their computer a "puter"? Perhaps you didn't use slang growing up and prefer not to do so now? I imagine that some guy came up with using "invite" that way because it doesn't sound so manly for a guy to be telling someone that he'll send "an invitation" to blah, blah, blah (unless he needs to impress someone caring about grammar rules.)<BR/><BR/>I hope you will now be so kind to use "vein" as a transitive verb in a sentence for me because I am drawing a blank. I came up with this site after I "Googled" "vein as verb in sentence". I hope you know what I mean by "Googled".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957711516423189280.post-45102538878005878922008-10-29T16:56:00.000-07:002008-10-29T16:56:00.000-07:00These types of errors are becoming ubiquitous. Th...These types of errors are becoming ubiquitous. Thank you for raising our awareness.Helm Hammerhandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15498735865808201961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957711516423189280.post-10663890336419249242008-10-29T10:20:00.000-07:002008-10-29T10:20:00.000-07:00I agree with you, John. Why not use a perfectly go...I agree with you, John. Why not use a perfectly good word like "invitation"?The Sentence Sleuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09253486236870691918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957711516423189280.post-54455211442493459452008-10-29T09:46:00.000-07:002008-10-29T09:46:00.000-07:00Along the same vein, here's my pet peeve."I'll sen...Along the same vein, here's my pet peeve.<BR/><BR/>"I'll send you an invite to xyz.com."<BR/><BR/>Isn't "invite" a verb? Should that read "I'll send you an invitation to xyz.com"? More and more I'm seeing "invite" used as a noun to the point it's become accepted.<BR/><BR/>Or am I just plain wrong and "invite" can be used as a noun?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com