to think INVITE for INVITATION grates on me.

[GabbyLoggon]

I dont give a damn about grammar etc on mumsnet. No intention of cramping anyones style..

But it does grate on me when a newsreader
says "Have you had your INVITE yet?"

I would say INVITATION in that context; but the evidence of wordy news geezers seems
to be against me.

It will always grate on me, even if someone with a degree inEnglish tells me its correct.

cheers "Gabby"

Do you say your name out loud at the end of each sentence in real life Gabby?! "Hammy"

Oh, "Gabby", it does, it does!

But not as much as someone putting their name in inverted commas at the end of a post .

Degree in English here; it's not correct.

HTH

Hammy has an A level in things that "Dont matter"

I think you are being petty because you cant cope with the question . Is there someone with an A level in english? A teacher perhaps

Annoys the hell out of me. What bugs me more though, is the very fact that it annoys me - life's too short to worry about things like this - but they still annoy me!! Thanks Gabby - you've ruined my day

Givemesomespace

Life is full of major and minor events whether we like it or not.

I do both, and if your life is ruined by a simple question..how do you cope with 10 per cent of the worlds population starving.

Get a sense of proportion and post again.

Iam asking about newsreaders grammar not mumsnet posters.

mumsnet has too many wouldbe censors among the posters. Leave that to the bosses of MN

Givemesomespace

Life is full of major and minor events whether we like it or not.

I do both, and if your life is ruined by a simple question..how do you cope with 10 per cent of the worlds population starving.

Get a sense of proportion and post again.

Iam asking about newsreaders grammar not mumsnet posters.

mumsnet has too many wouldbe censors among the posters. Leave that to the bosses of MN

Ah Gabby. The very person, I was feeling quite bored.

Invite is, of course, wrong (even if it is grammatically correct which I very much doubt).

It's a verb surely?

It's like asking "Have you made a reserve?" instead of "Have you made a reservation". Utter nonsense.

Invite / invitation annoys me too.

My new one though is "should of" rather than "should have" which appears a lot on internet comments

Hey Gabby - calm calm - Was only pulling ya leg :)

Ok Geveme some

I am on about newsreaders. Words is there profession

FWIW, I do think correct use of the English language matters. My problem is with poor use of apostrophes. In our local pub there is a sign saying 'toilet's'. Eh? Who do the toilets belong to?! Vexes me each time I go there!

Slightlyjaded Thanks for your post...Its just a thing which niggles me. on the news.

Can I put "lifting the slightly jaded" on my CV?

LionRock....thanks for sticking to the question.

(I think people are too sensitive on language. So far as I am concerned anything goes on Mumsnet..)

Hammy I have difficulties with apostrophes...

George Bernard Shaw did not use them

sorry this turned into a spat. Not intended

But you never can tell with mumsnetters

we are an eclectic bunch

My daughter tells me to "get over it" when I become apoplectic at the use of the verb "invite" instead of the noun "invitation". But I can't, I just can't. [sob]

Eats, shoots herself and leaves...

I know it's not correct and yet still I say it. I irritate the hell out of myself doing so too!

I blame my Sarf Lundun upbringing.

Please feel free to pull me up on it if you catch me using "invite" instead of "invitation". :)

Me too Vallhala, me too.

I'm Scottish though, shall I blame that? Or maybe I'll blame text messaging?

You're welcome Gabby.

It's annoying. But not as annoying as my nephew and his friends who insist on asking (every time they want to know how something came about) "how comes?"

"How come?" is quite lazy but "How comes?" wtf is that.

"Words is there profession."

Joking, presumably Gabby..?

Try the Pedants Corner Gabby, they always have a thing or two to say on the appropriate use of English

It grates on me too. Why do you put quotation marks around your name, Gabby?

Slightlyjaded....I would drop the S and say "how come?" But I dont do it regularly. How are you getting on with "wicked" and "minger?"

PGPG "get over it," is an interesting one. I hear it said by female coaches or motivators. Seems harsh to me.

Vallhalla Just "get over it" sorry about that.

On apostrophes, I am not comfortable. I told you GBS a great writer did not use them at first. He wrote DONT CANT WONT SHANT (It looks odd because we arent used to it. ) Gripes apart English is a wonderful language.

I saw on the news ages ago that they're actually considering DROPPING the apostrophe from the english grammar because it confuses so many people and no-one can use them properly apparantly! This was a couple of years ago now though.

Melly19mummy...yes, I vaguely remember something about ditching the apostrophe.

People get very hot under the collar aboutit. Harsh words are spoken in the letters columns of the posh papers.

If I am not sure I just ask the wife; or leave it off.

A female author wrote a good book on English. It had a title something like "Eats, Shoots and Leaves." Well written, but I thought she was taking punctuation a tad too seriously. cheers.