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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
Snuck in...
-How late were you at the hospital.
- All night. I snuck in after visiting hours. He was able to
be there all night because there was no one there after visiting hours?
- All night. I snuck in after visiting hours. He was able to
be there all night because there was no one there after visiting hours?
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The term "sneak in" means to go somewhere that you are not supposed to be without having anyone notice. No visitors were allowed, but he got in my slipping past the people who would have stopped him if they'd seen him.
- The term "sneak in" means to go somewhere that you are not supposed to be without having anyone notice.
- No visitors were allowed, but he got in my slipping past the people who would have stopped him if they'd seen him.
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The term "sneak in" means to go somewhere that you are not supposed to be without having anyone notice.
No visitors were allowed, but he got in my slipping past the people who would have stopped him if they'd seen him.
No visitors were allowed, but he got in my slipping past the people who would have stopped him if they'd seen him.
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Snuck is correct, but I always prefer to use the alternative sneaked.
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PhilipSnuck is correct, but I always prefer to use the alternative sneaked.Are there some sort of BrE/AmE differences here?
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www.m-w.com lists both sneaked and snuck and provides this:
usage From its earliest appearance in print in the late 19th century as a dialectal and probably uneducated form, the past and past participle snuck has risen to the status of standard and to approximate equality with sneaked. It is most common i
usage From its earliest appearance in print in the late 19th century as a dialectal and probably uneducated form, the past and past participle snuck has risen to the status of standard and to approximate equality with sneaked. It is most common i
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Hi,
When I hear 'snuck' from educated people, I usually think they are deliberately using sub-standard English in a mildly ironic way. In other words, it's a small (very small) attempt at humour.
Sometimes people play with English in these small ways.
Clive
When I hear 'snuck' from educated people, I usually think they are deliberately using sub-standard English in a mildly ironic way. In other words, it's a small (very small) attempt at humour.
Sometimes people play with English in these small ways.
Clive
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Alas, I use it in place of "sneaked" 99% of the time. Thank goodness m-w has told me it's standard!
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