According to the OED the word gift is both a noun and a verb, though
according to examples given, it has fallen into disuse as a verb in
modern english. though it may not be common today according to OED
gifting a gift is probably still proper usage.
Webster's New International, second ed., still lists gift as a verb as
well as a noun, though with slightly different meaning.
OED is my favorite dictionary because of the usage and spelling
examples, going back hundreds of years, long before "american english",
often going back to long before Columbus.
sol
Marsha Hallett wrote:
Gee, I thought one gives a gift, not gifts a gift.
"Why cahn`t the English teach their children how to speak? "
Professor Higgins asks!!
He also says "In America they haven`t used it for years"
True.
I give up, go slaughter the language any way youse wantsta...I can`t
win. The dumbing down of American wins. After all, a Louisiana guy
said yesterday on TV that he "had saw" something. He "seen" it all right.
sheesh.
Marshalee, once a language purist
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