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EasterIsland · 2022-12-31T16:08:29+00:00

... "gifted" instead of "given" [to you] or "gave" [to someone else]. Thank you.

Alfredafleur · 31/12/2022 18:05

I’d also like it if they stopped saying, ‘Can someone recommend me a…’.

'Me' part is what's wrong @Byfleet

OnTheRoadAgain1 · 31/12/2022 18:05

BadNomad · 31/12/2022 17:41

"Gotten" after "have" is correct grammar in certain countries. Scotland, for example.

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Scottish here, that'll be why I use it!

Byfleet · 31/12/2022 18:26

@Alfredafleur

I have been a teacher of English language and linguistics since 1988 and I have a PhD in Applied Linguistics and I can’t see what’s wrong with recommend me Perhaps it’s more common where I come from (London).

Crackof · 31/12/2022 18:27

OnlyFannys · 31/12/2022 16:13

Can posters please stop telling other posters what to say. You dont own the internet

Oh the irony.

Crackof · 31/12/2022 18:29

insert gif of audience doing standing ovation thingy

Alfredafleur · 31/12/2022 18:30

Byfleet · 31/12/2022 18:26

@Alfredafleur

I have been a teacher of English language and linguistics since 1988 and I have a PhD in Applied Linguistics and I can’t see what’s wrong with recommend me Perhaps it’s more common where I come from (London).

In that case I'm surprised you couldn't spot what was wrong. Sorry if that sounds snippy, but I was only trying to be helpful by pointing it out, and you did ask.

Aftersevens · 31/12/2022 18:44

Byfleet · 31/12/2022 18:26

@Alfredafleur

I have been a teacher of English language and linguistics since 1988 and I have a PhD in Applied Linguistics and I can’t see what’s wrong with recommend me Perhaps it’s more common where I come from (London).

I always thought that would only be ok if you are the thing being recommended, eg. ‘Please recommend me for the job’, but ‘please recommend me a book’ is wrong. It should be ‘please recommend a book to me’. No?

Butchyrestingface · 31/12/2022 18:47

Starlightstarbright1 · 31/12/2022 16:11

No .. i might say it more.

Same.

Shall we say it together?

BadNomad · 31/12/2022 18:55

Aftersevens · 31/12/2022 18:44

I always thought that would only be ok if you are the thing being recommended, eg. ‘Please recommend me for the job’, but ‘please recommend me a book’ is wrong. It should be ‘please recommend a book to me’. No?

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AFAIK "recommend" can be used a transitive verb. Like,

He gave me a book (He gave a book to me)
Buy me a necklace (Buy a necklace for me)
She wrote me a letter (She wrote a letter to me)
Recommend me a movie (Recommend a movie to me)

BadNomad · 31/12/2022 18:56

OnTheRoadAgain1 · 31/12/2022 18:05

Scottish here, that'll be why I use it!

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That's my excuse too 😆

Butchyrestingface · 31/12/2022 19:02

I am also Scottish and a big fan of 'gotten', as well as 'amn't'. 'Am ur/ am urnae' are likewise most acceptable.

Bigdamnheroes · 31/12/2022 19:18

Boobing the baby is the worst. Followed closely by holibobs.

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EasterIsland · 31/12/2022 20:41

oioimatey · 31/12/2022 16:13

YANBU. Unless it's in regards to money being gifted from one party to another for a deposit on a house, in which case it is gifted.

Oo that’s interesting @oioimatey is it a legal term? I didn’t know that. So the poster who had a selection box (I don’t really know wtf that is actually) gifted to her was involved in a legal
contract!

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EasterIsland · 31/12/2022 20:45

RosesAndHellebores · 31/12/2022 17:17

I myself agree with the op who should of told us before borrowing there copy of The Complete Plain Words to a mate.

Snork @RosesAndHellebores You win the internetz today

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EasterIsland · 31/12/2022 20:48

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 31/12/2022 16:19

There’s a far worse crime on here. Using “text” as a past participle.

It’s texted

christ.

A poster after my own heart @brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

But I fear we’re dying breed. Anyway, I’m off to let off some Feuerwerken. Haben sie alles einen gluten Rutsch!

(I think this is why I like learning German - it’s very precise).

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EasterIsland · 31/12/2022 20:53

PS you’re all making this a top thread! It has all the variety, erudition, grumpiness, wit, humour, and fuck-you-ness that I love about MN.

Thank you

PPS Tne Oxford comma rules!

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Lovetotravel123 · 31/12/2022 21:06

Agree!

fUNNYfACE36 · 31/12/2022 21:50

Byfleet · 31/12/2022 18:26

@Alfredafleur

I have been a teacher of English language and linguistics since 1988 and I have a PhD in Applied Linguistics and I can’t see what’s wrong with recommend me Perhaps it’s more common where I come from (London).

Oh dear! I am glad you don't teach my kids!
Unless you are what is being recommended, it is wrong.
The thing being recommended (to you)is the object of the verb.

wackamole · 31/12/2022 21:59

Ah, wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oorsels as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion.

LunaRegis · 31/12/2022 22:03

brusselspout · 31/12/2022 16:23

But to give and to gift are different, so would each be used in their respective appropriate contexts. YABU.

Now, for the poster up thread who said 'could of' I may need to have a word....

Please, not whilst they are laying down.

Gremlinsateit · 31/12/2022 22:07

YANBU.

rattlinbog · 31/12/2022 22:36

Sgtmajormummy · 31/12/2022 17:14

I think “gifted” fills a gap in the English language. For example

Q: “Where did you get that scarf?”

A1 “It was a Christmas present.”(fine)
A2 “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.” (a bit long and specific, “gave me it” is rather grabby IMO, as is…)
A3 “I got it for Christmas.” (You bought it or received it?)
A3 “I was gifted it.” (Neutral, impersonal, leaves room for the idea that it’s not quite your taste)

For me it also has the hint of an inheritance.
”I was bequeathed/left/gifted a million pounds in my great-aunt’s will.”

How about "I was given it"?

Byfleet · 31/12/2022 23:02

@fUNNYfACE36

Oh dear! I am glad you don't teach my kids!
Unless you are what is being recommended, it is wrong.
The thing being recommended (to you)is the object of the verb

I don’t teach kids. I am a lecturer in English language and linguistics at a Russell Group university.

PurpleButterflyWings · 31/12/2022 23:16

Byfleet · 31/12/2022 23:02

@fUNNYfACE36

Oh dear! I am glad you don't teach my kids!
Unless you are what is being recommended, it is wrong.
The thing being recommended (to you)is the object of the verb

I don’t teach kids. I am a lecturer in English language and linguistics at a Russell Group university.

😂

Notsureofname2 · 31/12/2022 23:24

What’s annoying if using “of” instead of “have”…eg “I should/could have”….??? What on earth does “should of mean??! Is English not taught nowadays??