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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Drunk/en

Is it "I have drunken the water" or "I have drunk the water"? Assume rephrasing is unavailable.
  

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" Drunken is the adjective form. In older literature you may see it used as a past participle of "drink", but that is an archaic form. The drunken sailor slept on a park bench.

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  • " Drunken is the adjective form.
  • In older literature you may see it used as a past participle of "drink", but that is an archaic form.
  • The drunken sailor slept on a park bench.
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"I have drunk the water."

Drunken is the adjective form. In older literature you may see it used as a past participle of "drink", but that is an archaic form.

The drunken sailor slept on a park bench.
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So using drunken in this sentence is archaic, is it grammatically correct to use drunk with these exact words?
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Oops, I see now that you have already confirmed that the sentence is grammatically correct, I skipped over it previously.
Thanks for responding at any rate.
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Anonymousis it grammatically correct to use drunk with these exact words?
Yes, it is grammatical. However, in that sentence, I would use the simple past:
I drank the water.
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