Having snuck/sneaked off/away from
Having snuck/sneaked off/away from the party downstairs, Peter and Betty entered an office and closed the door.
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Only #3 and #4 seem to me to be standard English. But the word snuck is interesting. In broad strokes, here is what I think has happened over the years.
- Only #3 and #4 seem to me to be standard English.
- But the word snuck is interesting.
- In broad strokes, here is what I think has happened over the years.
- Educated people said ' sneaked '.
- But uneducated people started to say ' snuck '.
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Only #3 and #4 seem to me to be standard English.
But the word snuck is interesting. In broad strokes, here is what I think has happened over the years.
Educated people said 'sneaked'.
But uneducated people started to say 'snuck'.
So educated people started to say 'snuck', because they thought it sounded funny and they were just having fun by
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