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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Sneak something past you or passed you

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The grammatically correct phrasing would be "Sneak something past you" because based on the tense of "sneak" we know it's in the present time, and passed is not a conjugation of past. "

  • The grammatically correct phrasing would be "Sneak something past you" because based on the tense of "sneak" we know it's in the present time, and passed is not a conjugation of past.
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The grammatically correct phrasing would be "Sneak something past you" because based on the tense of "sneak" we know it's in the present time, and passed is not a conjugation of past. Example: "He passed the test."
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Sorry, I forgot to write an example of the word "past". Here:
"In the past, mammoths roamed the Earth."

I hope this helps!

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