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Re: Lexical drift

Originally Posted by KillianHawkeye

"Invite" never stopped being a verb. It was becoming a noun (over invitation) that seems relatively new.

"Invite", the original verb, puts the stress on the second syllable. The noun form puts it on the first syllable.

What I heard was unmistakably "IN'vite", being used as a verb.

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