[Grammar] Invitation to/for

[Shad]

Dear teachers,
Please help me. I am always confused when I use the noun invitation or verb invite
It is my invitation to / for the wedding.
We hereby invite you to /for the party

Of late I have come across even invite as a noun as in
Its my invite to/for the wedding

Thank you
Shad

 

[freezeframe]

Dear teachers,
Please help me. I am always confused when I use the noun invitation or verb invite.
It is my invitation to / for the wedding.
We hereby invite you to /for the party

Of late I have even come across [STRIKE]even [/STRIKE]invite as a noun as in
It's my invite to/for the wedding

Thank you
Shad

It's my invitation to the wedding. But this sounds strange. If you're pointing to the invitation you'd say "This is my invitation to the wedding".

We hereby invite you to the party. But this is exceedingly formal. Hereby is a very official word you'd see in things like legal documents. Just say "We invite you to our party".

Invite is an informal way of saying invitation.

invite - definition. American English definition of invite by Macmillan Dictionary

It's also used online to refer to invitations to various sites, communities, etc. In this context you use invite but not invitation.