Re:So You Got a Google+ Invite... now what?
by ary on Thursday June 30, 2011 @03:10PM
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"Invite" is a verb, and "invitation" is a noun. Journalists should know better.
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Re:So You Got a Google+ Invite... now what?
by gte910h on Thursday June 30, 2011 @03:14PM
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Invite is an also a noun meaning invitation. Invitation is the more formal version of the same concept.
You can say "I wish she was not so informal", but that's a perfectly reasonable use of the word.
Invite dates to 1649 and invitation dates to the 15th century. (m-w.com)
You can say "I wish she was not so informal", but that's a perfectly reasonable use of the word
Surely it should be "I wish she were not so informal"?
Re:So You Got a Google+ Invite... now what?
by gte910h on Thursday June 30, 2011 @05:05PM
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No, "were" would only be used if you were supposing a condition different than reality. When used in the first person, it's the past subjunctive. So a valid sentence with "were" might be:
"If she were a man."
As the writer is in informal in the judgement of the commenter, the commenter therefore should use "was".
Re:So You Got a Google+ Invite... now what?
by walterr on Thursday June 30, 2011 @07:52PM
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But the wished-for condition is exactly that, or else it wouldn't have to be wished for. Yes, the writer is informal -- but the condition wished for is "not so informal".