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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Sneaked/snuck

So I recently learned that "snuck" is not considered traditional English, and may be considered colloquial English, and that the proper form is "sneaked." Can you guys give me more examples of this? Thanks in advance.
  

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Of what, snuck or sneaked ? Did you try Googling them?

— Mister Micawber

  • Of what, snuck or sneaked ?
  • Did you try Googling them?
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Of what, snuck or sneaked? Did you try Googling them?
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Another example of this type of "ed" ending for past tense of a verb as opposed to a more common term (like snuck is for sneak) for its past tense form. More examples of the example given, I guess is what I'm trying to say. I don't really know how to explain it further, or even what you meant by asking that. There are more verbs whose past tense is properly "verbed" but another form
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OK. You can take a look at these, then:

leaped/leapt; spelled/spelt; learned/learnt; kneeled/knelt; etc.

fit/fitted

flew/flied

awakened/awoke

broadcast/broadcasted

lighted/lit

pleaded/pled

dived/dove

input/inputted

shrank/shrunk
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