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Grammar
Use of sting and stung
My mother qnd me were having a discussion about the use of sting and stung- she had stated `if it stung you` and i quickly interjected to correct to say the right verb to slot in would be sting hwoever shr defended it syaing it is usable- what would be the right cintext of grammactica structute for the use of the past participle of the word e,g if it had stung
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Anonymous stung The principal parts of the verb are sting stung stung . An if -statement with the past goes with 'would'. An if -statement with the past perfect goes with 'would have'.
- Anonymous stung The principal parts of the verb are sting stung stung .
- An if -statement with the past goes with 'would'.
- An if -statement with the past perfect goes with 'would have'.
- Thus, If it stung you, it would cause you some pain.
- If it had stung you, it would have caused you some pain.
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Anonymous stungThe principal parts of the verb are sting stung stung. An if-statement with the past goes with 'would'. An if-statement with the past perfect goes with 'would have'. Thus,
If it stung you, it would cause you some pain.
If it had stung you, it would have caused you some pain.
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