Is "SALE" a verb?

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
<rant>Cause last time I checked it was a freakin' NOUN!!!! These idiots on our listserve for a UNIVERSITY are continuously trying to pedal their crap on there for whatever change they can. Sixty percent of them write things like: "Computer for Sale- Great system. I'm will sale it for $400"

WTF?? Are you STUPID? Learn the ENGLISH language before you bother to send a message out to 3000 people. It's bad because it's no just one person doing this....it's MANY. I could send a rant to the listserve, but our dept is IT, so I'm not supposed to get involved....afterall, I would hate to be the one bringing up petty corrections to faculty that don't know anything about the English Language. (P.S.--most of these people are stupid white folk....just to clear up any questions of race or origin of the idiots)

Racist! You make me sick.

 

[rikadik]

I think you worry too much about this. If some guy says I'll sale it, and you understand it, who cares? You can't fix language, if someone wants to use sale as a verb, then fine!

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: pontifex
It's bad because it's no just one person doing this

last time i checked it should be not instead of no.
i love people who cry about grammar and spelling but can't even do it properly but can't even do it in their own posts.

You're missing quite a bit of stuff in that post.

meh, that stood out the most to me

I was actually referring to your post. You're missing capitalizations on the first letter of a sentence, the word "i", as well as have a few grammatical errors.

 

[PinmasterJay]

Actually OED says it is a verb, although rarely used....

sale, v.
rare.

[f. SALE n.2]

1. intr. and trans. To sell.
1809 GIFFORD in Mem. F. Hodgson (1878) I. 115 Lord Byron's poem sales well I understand. 1922 JOYCE Ulysses 555 Lovely ladies saling gloves.

2. intr. To hold a sale; to shop at the sales. Hence {sm}saler, a person who frequents sales; {sm}saleing vbl. n. All now rare or Obs.
1901 Sketch 3 July 443/1 To go ?saleing? in Bond Street. 1902 To-Day XXXV. 447/1 All London is ?saleing? at the present moment. 1928 Daily Express 19 June 3/2 Men went ?sale-ing? at lunch time. 1928 Morning Post 25 June 8 Many experienced ?salers? will tell you that it is an excellent plan to go to the sales with an open mind. 1928 Daily Express 31 Dec. 5/3 ?Saleing? has become a specialised art. 1929 Ibid. 8 Jan. 3/4 The great furniture houses are ?saling?.

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi

Originally posted by: JohnAn2112
Sell would be the correct word.

Thus the rant....and if you notice, I never ended my rant... I've seen this crap for 4 years now.

I'm with you man, I can't understand why someone would continuously use sale as a verb.

 

[Baked]

waggy would know. Everybody should just PM waggy about it.

 

[Kyanzes]

Ahhh, it's like dual vs duel. Duel processor, duel wielding etc. Someone starts it and others follow, and you can't stop it (not that I'm not having serious issues with english). It's certainly a lot easier to read.