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Example ... Gift.
Only recently have I noticed gift used as a verb.
Examples: "This sweater was gifted to me. This is a gifted diamond."
Am I nuts, or was gift always a verb?
What other nouns have you noticed been verbed?
... I love it ... verbing verb.
On a related note, I think language can change faster now now since much of what most people read was written by by the public.
Only a generation ago most of what we read was published, and went through an professional editor.
I'm finding more and more spelling and grammar mistakes even on major news sites.
Today it's a free for all.
Only recently have I noticed gift used as a verb.
Examples: "This sweater was gifted to me. This is a gifted diamond."
Am I nuts, or was gift always a verb?
What other nouns have you noticed been verbed?
... I love it ... verbing verb.
On a related note, I think language can change faster now now since much of what most people read was written by by the public.
Only a generation ago most of what we read was published, and went through an professional editor.
I'm finding more and more spelling and grammar mistakes even on major news sites.
Today it's a free for all.