lol english

[Chrissi]

Anything you can "have" is definitely a noun. So if someone has a _____ that ___ is a noun.

You could use the word "gift" as a verb if you liked, like "I will gift you with a new pair of socks". But the way she used it in that sentence is definitely a noun.

[Squeek]

I'm an English teacher.

It's a noun.

Also, though MooMoo is banned, I want to mention that you should never take grammar advice from someone who doesn't know how to write "could've" properly.

Twice.

[rzr]

Originally Posted by ddr_f4n

Three actually.

BTW, your sig is too big. Take some stuff out (like that pic that I can't see)

It's about time someone mentioned it. That picture's been out for over a month and not a word, lol.

[Redorigami]

So we had the final, this was on it

"The sentence was "That must be an extremely valuable gift!"

The choices were verb, adverb, conjunction, interjection, and pronoun.

The underlined word was gift"

I emailed her that.
Her response:

"That's because it was a VERB. The sentence went with the one before it, which was referring to Danielle's ability to recollect information from memory. It's something she does, which means it is not a noun but in fact a verb.



Thanks,

Flanary"


Is it a verb guys?

[devonin]

It's a noun.

gift  /gɪft/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [gift] Show IPA
–noun 1. something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
2. the act of giving.
3. something bestowed or acquired without any particular effort by the recipient or without its being earned: Those extra points he got in the game were a total gift.
4. a special ability or capacity; natural endowment; talent: the gift of saying the right thing at the right time.


(Also, "to recollect information from memory" strikes me as a vaguely inappropriate use of 'recollect.' I'd have said "To recall information from memory" More other also: 'it is not a noun but in fact a verb' should read 'it is not a noun but, in fact, a verb') Your teacher fails.

[dore]

no, it's not (edit, devonin posted while I was posting, this is aimed at the bump not him)

If you want to prove her wrong, argue structurally.

Originally Posted by http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gift

–verb (used with object)

Since there is no intransitive form of gift and there is clearly no object for gift in that sentence, there is no possible way it could be a verb. Try to steer clear of arguing semantics because a structural argument is much more concrete in most cases.

[MrRubix]

It's obviously a noun. What the hell kind of teacher do you have?

[Redorigami]

How am I supposed to get her to listen?

I sent her this thread earlier, she ignored it.
She never acknowledged that it was a noun last time.
I've been emailing her for hours trying to get her to admit it's not a verb.
She won't listen to what I'm saying.

[devonin]

I'm not sure if "The way you used the word 'gift' is explicitly included in the definition of gift as a noun" is a weaker argument.

"You used it as a noun" seems stronger than "You misused it as a verb"

Some teachers are just willfully ignorant. My sister had an 8th grade teacher that taught the class that the capital of Canada was Toronto (It isn't, Ottawa is) and couldn't spell basic vocabulary, and seemed to utterly not care)

[MrRubix]

"That must be an [extremely valuable] gift!"

Here, "extremely valuable" is something that describes "gift." If "gift" were indeed a verb, then we should know that to describe a verb, you normally use adverbs. For example:

"He slowly walked." Here, "slowly" is an adverb describing the verb "walked."

In this scenario, "extremely" is an adverb which describes "valuable," which is an ADJECTIVE. We can remove the adverb from this sentence to retain the general meaning:

"That must be a valuable gift!"

I think we can all agree that, here, "valuable" is an adjective. Adjectives describe nouns. Adverbs describe verbs or adjectives.

"Gift" is a noun. It should be even more obvious if we remove the descriptors altogether:

"That is a gift!"

Still a noun >.> Wouldn't make sense to say "That is a walked!" or anything like that, now would it?

[Tokzic]

lmfao

Just because a noun is referring to a verb doesn't magically turn it into a verb. Did your English teacher even pass high school?

[MrRubix]

No kidding.

[Redorigami]

This just in:

"Technically, the word "gift" is a noun being used as a verb. However, it does not end in -ING. Therefore, it is a verb not a noun or gerund. We had the EXACT same question on a quiz awhile ago, which we went over the answers in class.

Mrs. Flanary"

[Flaming_Dingleberry]

You can't have a verb.

Just because gift = talent and talent = the ability to DO things doesn't mean a gift is something you DO. Your teacher has complicated something so easy and made an entire class as confused as she is. Ignorant tart, won't even bother reading the thread.

[MrRubix]

Alright, give me her email address or something. Your teacher is genuinely pissing me off.

It is a NOUN. Acting as a NOUN. It is not being "used as a verb."

[Superfreak04]

Wow, your teacher is something else.

[dore]

wow

just wow

[devonin]

Someone's been watching too much Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Verbing nouns, good grief.

[devonin]

Originally Posted by Redorigami

This just in:

"Technically, the word "gift" is a noun being used as a verb. However, it does not end in -ING. Therefore, it is a verb not a noun or gerund. We had the EXACT same question on a quiz awhile ago, which we went over the answers in class.

Mrs. Flanary"

As the object of a preposition, the noun phrase a while is used

"Awhile" is an adverb.

"which we went over the answers in class"....I want to hurl your teacher into the sun.

"We had the exact same question on a quiz a while ago, and we went over the answers in class."

"We had the exact same question on a quiz a while ago, about which we went over the answers in class."

[MrRubix]

Redorigami: Email her my structural argument for why it's a noun and see what she has to say to that.