It’s weird, but also more specific. You can give someone a haircut, give someone guff, give someone herpes, but you wouldn’t say “gifted” in those contexts.
Yes it’s been around for ages, but not colloquially or informally used until about 20 years ago, just about the time where people started typing a lot!
Even if that were true, I fail to see how that would make it incorrect. And I don’t think it is. I’ve heard gift used that way my entire life, which I wish was only twenty years long so far. Perhaps it was regional until more recently.
It’s weird, but also more specific. You can give someone a haircut, give someone guff, give someone herpes, but you wouldn’t say “gifted” in those contexts.
Not really, it’s just laziness.
“He was given 50 bananas as a gift” is the correct way to say it
The “gifted” bit is just the magical English language and its ability to verbify anything into a verb
Gift has been used as a verb for the entire history of Modern English. Unless you are speaking Middle English, gift is equally correct.
Yes it’s been around for ages, but not colloquially or informally used until about 20 years ago, just about the time where people started typing a lot!
Even if that were true, I fail to see how that would make it incorrect. And I don’t think it is. I’ve heard gift used that way my entire life, which I wish was only twenty years long so far. Perhaps it was regional until more recently.
My ex wife gifted me some herpes.