Can you, "Enthuse"?

My English teacher taught us, One can become enthusiastic, but one cannot enthuse.

What's correct?

Your english teacher lied to you Richard

Or, I have my wires crossed?

en·thuse
/inˈTH(y)o͞oz,enˈTH(y)o͞oz/
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verb
verb: enthuse; 3rd person present: enthuses; past tense: enthused; past participle: enthused; gerund or present participle: enthusing
say something that expresses one's eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
"they both enthused over my new look"

Similar: rave

be enthusiastic gush wax lyrical bubble over effervesce be effusive rhapsodize go into raptures praise to the skies heap praise on make much of
throw bouquets at eulogize, extol, acclaim, go wild/mad/crazy, get all worked up, go over the top big someone/something up,ballyhoo, cry someone/something up,
laud.

- make (someone) interested and eagerly appreciative.
"public art is a tonic that can enthuse alienated youth"

Unfortunately both my grammers are ded

When they pulled us in to tell us our son was not so bright, I corrected the offending teacher's grammar, and the other two said, he's right.


Thanks all!

I would not use that word nor would I use the word physicality.

Negguh you can’t even spell grammar

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I’m a dumb old plumber, have never heard anyone use “ enthuse”, only enthused or enthusiastic

I believe it was the great Mike Tyson who said "De animals got on the ark enthuse!"

Dizzy Dean, "A lot of people that don't say, ain't, ain't eattin."

That was great...

Got one for Kyle?

I see what you did there, beauty. Did yer Grammer feed ya' grammar crackers in Canuckia?

Probably the same teacher that said you can't start a sentence with "and" "or" "so" & "but".

Pretty sure I've seen 'enthuse' used, but I'm still looking for a 'gruntle'.

Looks like it should've been a spelling question?

It's a word but I never use it, mostly because I dislike throwing up in my mouth. It's right up there with using nouns as verbs, like "adulting."

Apparently, folks don't realize they're stupiding.

A lot of hare lips use it.

"Did you walk over heah barefoot, or enthuse?"

Good point. People can become disgruntled but how did they become gruntled in the first place? How do they become regruntled?

Really. At least TRY to make an effort...

Yeah, c'mon man!

Everybody knows the proper spelling is n-i-g-g-a.

Sheesh.

Since you all know most things- is it a skift of snow or skiff?

A skiff be a boat. Skift? Dunno. Sounds like archaic English.

Ok then why was if fast forward on a VCR cassette but not fast backward?

The word used for a light snow, rain, or wind is “skift”, not “skiff”, according to Merriam-Webster online.Aug 24, 2009

The spelling nazi says "grammar."

Enthusiastic-------adjective
Enthusiastically--adverb
Enthused----------noun
Enthuse-----------verb

Pretty versatile root word.

If you become enthused, something or someone did the enthusing, right?

Only one speed backwards and it's flat out, but Betamax was a much more technically superior format

It’s nice of you to toggle me off ignore for a 2 cent snipe

Then back into your little pretty shell

Ain’t you a grown ass man? laffing

Meh, he does the same to me.

The bitchcateers club

Little dicks with ears

I were a gud gammermarion, n i proved it.

My teacher rote these words on the blackboard and told me to stand and use each in a centence

defeat
deduct
defense
detail

eazypeezy!

Defeat of deduct went over defense before detail.

He’s pissed the “grand poobah” doesn’t carry any weight anymore.

Well, theirs won I never heered beefour.

condensed version......

Teacher asks who can use fascinate in a sentence.

little Carol explained going to Disney and said it was fascinating.

Lil Justin said that he was fasinated watching the magic show.

The teacher said no, use the word fascinate.

So lil' Johnny ups and sez'

My sister has a sweater with ten buttons, but her tits are so big she can only fasten eight!.

ya!

GW

I'm gonna motivate the schit outta you and the pain aint gonna stop until you meet the standard.

I'm gonna enthuse the schit outta you and the pain aint gonna stop until you meet the standard.


Motivate is a waaaaaaay better word....

Slightlyyyyyyyyyyy off the ordinal topic.

Use “urinate” in a sentence.

Okay, urinate but if you had bigger tits you’d be a ten.

You should start a music thread about songs with improper grammar. It's been a whole day since music thread Friday. Or maybe someone can post a sermon to help us understand. I feel lost.

But the OE claims it is skiff-wtf

“The origin is not clear, but some think it came from the Scottish verb "skiff," which means to lightly move across a surface barely touching it, as perhaps a "skiff" of snow barely covers the ground. ... The Oxford English Dictionary defines a skiff as "a slight gust of wind or shower of rain, etc.”

Skift isn't in the Scrabble Dictionary and that should settle that.