My friends invite me to the party VS My friends invite us to the birthday party?

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Are both OK?

OR

Are both wrong?:-|
 

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In both cases, "invited" is correct.
 

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Or have invited, depending on the context.
 

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Are we assuming this is meant to be past tense? I agree that the originals would not be natural for the present tense.

To Polyester: They are both grammatical. Whether they are correct or not depends on what you think you are saying.
 

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We are assuming that the original post should make sense.
 

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That's a strange assumption to make in this forum, Mike. Ideally, one would like original posts to make sense.
But I don't think it's right to say the original should be in the past tense if the OP intends it to be in the present, as it is correctly written, grammatically.
Yes, 'invited' and 'have invited' do make further correct sentences out of the original correct ones.
 

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Ray, I prefer to work with the sentence we have, not the sentence we could have had. You might differ on that. Sentences can be grammatical and still be incorrect. If the OP is not happy with the responses, he/she can respond.
 

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No,I'm very happy to see two members discus the OP here.

I love it, Please continue...
 

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No,I'm very happy to see two members discus the OP here.
But you could clarify your question. That would get you a more useful answer, and one which did not need to be debated.
Did you mean your sentences to be in the present or past tense? Or something else?
 

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My situation is "My friend ask me now,give me a card,invite me to the party now." It's happening in the present.

Not "My friend gave me a card in the past."

Is this situation clearly?
 

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Yes, it is clear now that you are trying to use the present tense in the wrong way, which I suspected.
See my comments in your other post about learning how the present, present continuous, and simple past are used in English.
These sporadic example sentences are never going to help you, if you don't understand the answer. You need systematic study of tense usage.
 

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The correction should be like as below?

My friends are inviting me to the party.
(But I don't think "invite" should not use in present continue tense.It's to wired.)
 

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It's not wired; nor is it weird. Are you sure you're in a position to judge whether "My friends are inviting me ..." is weird or not?
In any case, you probably wouldn't say that either. I don't think you are putting yourself into a context. Can you give a situation where you would say "My friends invite me to a party"? A short conversation would do: one line before that sentence, then that sentence, and then one line after. Try it.
 

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Ok, I try it.

Me:Hello,Ray!How are you?
Ray:I'm fine,thank you!
Ray:Hey,Polyester,I will organize a party for celebrating a good news that I am a new manager.
Ray:Would you mind to come?
Me:Sure!
(I think the situation is clearly explaining "Ray is inviting me to his party.")

PS. It's weird,not wired.
 

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Polyester, Raymott was asking you to give a situation where you would say "My friends invite me to a party", but it was not said in your above conversation.

Not a teacher.
 

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It seems that the OP has given up, then I try.
'I always feel happy whenever my friends invite me to a party.'
Is it OK? Not a teacher.
 

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Ray likes your post#15.

I'm just waiting Ray's coming and give me comment.
 

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Ray likes your post#15.

I'm just waiting Ray's coming and give me comment.
The fact that I liked it means that I agreed with it. I didn't comment because you haven't used that sentence in your situation, and Matthew has already said that.

This was the task:
Person A: ________
Person B: "My friends invite me to a party."
Person A: ________
 

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The fact that I liked it means that I agreed with it. I didn't comment because you haven't used that sentence in your situation, and Matthew has already said that.

This was the task:
Person A: ________
Person B: "My friends invite me to a party."
Person A: ________

Ray: Hey,Person B,I will organize a party for celebrating a good news that I am a new manager.
Would you mind to come? I'm inviting you now.
Person B:"My friends invite me to a party."
Ray: Come?

Does this sentence correct?
 

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Ray: Hey,Person B,I will organize a party[STRIKE] for celebrating a[/STRIKE] to celebrate the good news that I am a new manager.
Would you [STRIKE]mind[/STRIKE] like to come? I'm inviting you now.
Person B:"My friend[STRIKE]s [/STRIKE][STRIKE]invite [/STRIKE] is inviting/ has invited me to a party."
Ray: Come?

Are these sentences correct?
 
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