"Kyle Holland" sneered for some reason:
> From Webster's, see #3.
>
> Main Entry: 1gift
> Pronunciation: 'gift
> Function: noun
> Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse, something given, talent; akin
to
> Old English giefan to give
> 1 : a notable capacity, talent, or endowment
> 2 : something voluntarily transferred by one person to another without
> compensation
> 3 : the act, right, or power of giving

So according to the information you provided, it is a noun. Neither a gerund
nor a verb, but a noun. Therefore, the verb is not TO GIFT but TO GIVE.
(verbs are conjugated in the "to _______" form, but in actual use the "to"
is most often dropped)

If you go further into your dictionary, you will see that GIFT is only a
verb when used to describe endowment with a talent or quality, as in a
"gifted child." If we stuck to your logic, evey child who gets a birthday
present is "gifted." See the difference?


> Is English your first language? As a native speaker I can attest that
using
> gift as a verb is correct.

Do you know that native speakers of a given language are the most likely to
use it sloppily and incorrectly? Just asking

My first language is indeed English, and I am an English major to boot. It's
my observation that those who use GIFT as a verb are simply repeating
someone elses error because it sounded swell, in an act of ignorant
pretention. They are wrong, as are you.


> > AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!
>
> Methinks your frustration may have a deeper cause.

Yawnworthy.