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Bookmark or Share- Is TA'ed a word? - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeYes. I RSVP'd them last night. Examples of using TA: I TA'd Chemistry 101 for him last semester. Did you like TAing for him? I'll TA for her next semester. [but note that these examples for TA'd are anecdotal, not, as it might appear, from ODO/LEXICO.]
- Past tense of RSVP - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeOnly one person RSVP'd to my event. Only one person did RSVP to my event. Also, keep in mind that whenever acronyms are put in past tense using the apostrophe-d formulation, no account is taken of the full logical meaning of the acronym. Thus, you have examples like . DIY'd (which means engaged in a DIY project or carried out DIY on, etc), BS'd,
- How do you describe someone who isn't attending a certain event?After the event's conclusion, you then can further qualify those who had RSVP'd Yes as either "Attendee" or "No Show" (a harsher form of nonattendance, a No Show means someone who RSVP'd Yes but then failed to attend).
- verbs - Proper way to add tense to acronyms, abbreviations and ...Blindly applying suffixes like "ed" and "ing" not only sounds wrong, but is widely recommended against by prescriptive authoritities, at least for particular initialisms like RSVP, where RSVP'd and RSVP'ing are preferred by many. I agree with @Daniel that SMSing looks fine, but MACing or DOSing look strange, and suggest inappropriate ...
- What do you call people who have been invited to an event?I am confused. The question suggests you are asking about the wording of the invitation. But in the title you say who have been invited suggesting that that stage is already past.
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