There's a lot of sloppy usage out there.

Apparently for several centuries.

Merriem-Webster
2. invite
noun in·vite \ˈin-ˌvīt\
Definition of INVITE

: invitation 1
See invite defined for English-language learners
Examples of INVITE

Did you send out the invites to the party?
First Known Use of INVITE - 1659

... in a living language, how common does colloquial usage, even if incorrect, have to be before it is considered standard, or at least an acceptable alternative? You could say I wonder about that alot.

-- Mal

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Verbing a noun as if it were a thing.

The second is active, and "invite" is a verb.

Both Constructions are correct.

Rant on, man!

and do so, whether to an invitation--which I extend--or the invite they think they received!

I'll never make that mistake again!

Sloppy speech and writing drives me nuts. One of my current rants is against the increasing use of "I" as a possessive. WTH? More and more, I am hearing the nails-on-a-chalkboard construction of "John and I's vacation." or "Mary and I's honeymoon." It makes me want to scream.

I never hear anyone do this in the singular, only the plural. Just like with "Him and me are going to play soccer," or "Me and her are going to the mall."

No one EVER says "I's vacation," or "Me is going to play soccer," or "Her is going to the mall."

It's simple to test the pronoun separately, but maybe they don't have time to teach that now.

At least that's what they say to my face.

When my sister's kids were young, I asked her why she didn't correct the very usages you're talking about. She said she didn't need to, they'd hear the right usage enough they'd eventually say it correctly. Ha! The kids are adult and it's all "Me and him went to the library yesterday."

I was quite on top of my two (our kids are the same ages) and not only do they never use the subject form of a pronoun as an object or vice versa, they use "lie" and "lay" correctly.

Already the word invite is finding usage as a noun. In 50 years, it will be both a verb and a noun.