...to shriek that you don't mean "gifted", you mean "given"?

[ArcheryAnnie]

I don't "gift" people things, I give them things. I am not "gifted" things, I am given things.

I hate it so much that i have come to even hate the word "gift" used as a noun, and prefer "present" instead.

(And yes I know my hate is disproportionate. While I'm here I also hate the words "munch" and "snack", too.)

I hate it when people say they loaned money from someone instead of they borrowed it.

Likewise people who say they borrowed money to someone when they mean they lent it to them.

@DowneasterAlexa - I'm perfectly ok with myself instead of me (but I'm Irish and it's ok in Hiberno-English) but really, really hate people using I instead of me - "He gifted a box of chocolates to John and I".

I think the inappropriate use of "gifted" (yes, I know it has a legal and accountancy use) and incorrect use of "I" fall into the same category of trying to sound clever and articulate but failing.

@Ceto - and people who say "recommend me a book or whatever". It's recommend a book to me.

Could we also ban "invite" as a noun? It's "invitation" people... [Hopeful face]

StealthPolarBear, yes, the carrots.

Could we also ban "invite" as a noun? It's "invitation" people

But invite is a noun? You receive an invitation in the form of an invite surely?

Invite is a verb.

Can we also ban use of “myself, yourself” etc when what the person actually means is me/you?

Could we also ban "invite" as a noun? It's "invitation" people... [Hopeful face]

It's been in common usage since the mid 17th century, so I'm afraid you may be too late.

Curry how many pieces of cheese?

No, because you're not asking how many pieces of cheese, you are asking how many whole cheeses. It's like the difference between a cake and slices of cakes. It's a different question.

slice of cake.

Ah OK curry I am happy with cheeses in that sense then to mean entire cheeses

I don't like "sourced"- you just got it from somewhere! "We'll source the flowers for you " - no you won't you'll just find me some from somewhere!
I hate "package" to mean anything other than an actual package e.g. a box with something in! Eg care package, employment package - it's not a bloody package is it, there's no actual box or bubblewrap envelope it's not wrapped up!

Add bundle to that assuming it's not twigs.
And 'pack',ill send through your employment pack, which end up being two forms in an envelope.