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> the fastest way to solution it I've never heard "solution" used as a verb before. It reads rather odd to me, but the product seems interesting :)
by michaelmior 6y ago
> the fastest way to solution it
I've never heard "solution" used as a verb before. It reads rather odd to me, but the product seems interesting :)
- prathama 6y agoHaha now that you mention it, it does sound a little odd! Will go through the content again. Thank you so much for your feedback :)
- blacksmith_tb 6y agoA trend in modern English, I'd say - though not necessarily an improvement, e.g. "he gave me a book -> he gifted me a book" and here, like you pointed out, they could easily have said "the fastest way to solve it" instead.
- michaelmior 6y agoI agree that's true. But gift as a verb has apparently been around since the 17th century[0] and doesn't sound as odd to me as using solution as a verb. [0] https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/12/gifting-is-not-a-verb/383676/ https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/12/gi...
- blacksmith_tb 6y agoIt's true that "gifted" (which I still find a bit grating regardless of its history) provides more detail, there's some lost nuance with "gave", since you can say "she gave me a glass of water" and "she gave me a painting for my birthday" but we wouldn't say "she gifted me a glass of water".