Respected Sol,
Where can we get the OED, or:
Can you obtain one for this Dutchee teacher of English?
We'll arrange the cost (rather beforehand) for purchase and sending; it
would be THAT extension I am in want of, preparing to pick up writing books
and things in English again, in two years .. after being pensioned off.
Thanks for your comment of GIFT,
I never knew a four letter word could raise so much sand!
Faith Saint Francis,
[email protected]
From: sol <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: CS>Gift is a noun
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:47:15 -0600
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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