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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Bit or bitten...?

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0Both are fine as past participles.0-
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01cite10Mister Micawber12cite10Both are fine as past participles.12br
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10Could you please link us to a list with "bit" as a past participle? Thanks.0-
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0Please try any of the AmE online dictionaries.0-
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0 In my idiolect, only "bitten" would be permitted.02br
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This is also my question at the moment...is it bit or bitten?? If bit is correct, then what is bit used for (other than a 'drill bit')?? Have I been bite, bit or bitten???
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You have been bit or bitten...or if you are a dog, you have been biting.
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When I googled "has bit the girl" and "has bitten the girl", the former had 3 hits, while the latter had 387 hits.
Also when I googled "was bit by a dog" and "was bitten by a dog", the former had 331,000 hits, while the latter had 2,180,000 hits.
In addition, In British English Dictoinaries like "Oxford, Longman, and Collins" the conjugation of bite is "bite-bit-bitten". That is, "bit" i
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I think standard British English is only 'bitten'. Used to be, at least.

Clive
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First, thank you for the information.
I have my own question about this registered on the "ask a question" section.
It would be great if you visit the section and give your opinion.

Thank you again.
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