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"Invite" is a verb, and "invitation" is a noun. Journalists should know better.

• gte910h 15y ago
  Invite is an also a noun meaning invitation. Invitation is the more formal version of the same concept. You can say "I wish she was not so informal", but that's a perfectly reasonable use of the word. Invite dates to 1649 and invitation dates to the 15th century. (m-w.com)
  • hugh3 15y ago
    You can say "I wish she was not so informal", but that's a perfectly reasonable use of the word Surely it should be "I wish she were not so informal"?
    • gte910h 15y ago
      No, "were" would only be used if you were supposing a condition different than reality. When used in the first person, it's the past subjunctive. So a valid sentence with "were" might be: "If she were a man." As the writer is in informal in the judgement of the commenter, the commenter therefore should use "was".
      • walterr 15y ago
        But the wished-for condition is exactly that, or else it wouldn't have to be wished for. Yes, the writer is informal -- but the condition wished for is "not so informal".
        • gte910h 15y ago
          Good point.
  • ary 15y ago
    I stand corrected. The use of the word in this context feels colloquial though.