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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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heading/headed

0I was on a plane heading/headed for Europe last week. 02br
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00I think "heading" should be used here. Am I correct? Thank you for your help.0-
  

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0 Both are correct.02br
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00 It was heading for New York.02br
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00 The word head is a verb here.02br
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0 "Head" is a peculiar verb. The intransitive "head" can mean "go" but the passive form "be headed" also means "go".02br
00 (EX) We headed for/to New York.02br
00 (EX) We were headed for/to New York.02br
00In the case of "on a plane headed/heading for", both are correct, but somehow "on a plane headed for" is more frequently used.02br
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It seems that "headed" rather than heading has now entered the mainstream of English as it is used in the UK, possibly because of the use of American English spelling and grammar checkers. Until recently in the UK we used only the present continuous form. It is a similar situation to the current use of the noun "impact" in the plural (impacts!!!) and furthermore, of its use as a verb (where it jo
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AnonymousSo too the spelling of "baulk" as in "baulk at" without the a, is an innovation I notice more and more in the press.

Do you mean without the 'u'?
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what does take high road mean?
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Anonymouswhat does take high road mean?
Please start a fresh thread for this question. It has nothing to to with the thread you have posted it in.
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