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Grammar
Pled or pleaded?
Whenever I see in a press story, "The defendant pleaded innocent," I always think this must be an error in grammar. If the past tense of "bleed" is "bled", shouldn't the past tense of "plead" be "pled"?
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Irregular verbs similarly spelt in the dictionary form are not necessarily consistent in their other forms; each has a different history. In this case, 'plead' is in transition, and there are three acceptable past forms: 'pled', 'plead' and 'pleaded'. ) regular in form, and irregular forms of old verbs are slowly giving place to regular forms: lit/lighted, spilt/spilled, etc.
- Irregular verbs similarly spelt in the dictionary form are not necessarily consistent in their other forms; each has a different history.
- In this case, 'plead' is in transition, and there are three acceptable past forms: 'pled', 'plead' and 'pleaded'.
- ) regular in form, and irregular forms of old verbs are slowly giving place to regular forms: lit/lighted, spilt/spilled, etc.
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Irregular verbs similarly spelt in the dictionary form are not necessarily consistent in their other forms; each has a different history.
In this case, 'plead' is in transition, and there are three acceptable past forms: 'pled', 'plead' and 'pleaded'. Newly coined verbs are (without exception?) regular in form, and irregular forms of old verbs are slowly giving place to regular forms:
In this case, 'plead' is in transition, and there are three acceptable past forms: 'pled', 'plead' and 'pleaded'. Newly coined verbs are (without exception?) regular in form, and irregular forms of old verbs are slowly giving place to regular forms:
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