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Does exactly what it says on the tin.
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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I voted "text" merely because that is what I say, "texted" sounds a bit 'orrid.
Hmm I guess on that basis I should change my vote to option 3.
Hmm I guess on that basis I should change my vote to option 3.
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I texted him earlier shurely makes a lot more sense than I text him earlier.
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"I hitted the target earlier" surely makes a lot more sense than "I hit the target earlier"Dinos Sfyris wrote:I texted him earlier shurely makes a lot more sense than I text him earlier.
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Well, it does. Irregular verbs are historical annoyances that make English harder for learners and we should try to avoid introducing new ones.Matt Morrison wrote:"I hitted the target earlier" surely makes a lot more sense than "I hit the target earlier"Dinos Sfyris wrote:I texted him earlier shurely makes a lot more sense than I text him earlier.
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Damnit, I was about to say that, just not quite so eloquently.Charlie Reams wrote:Well, it does. Irregular verbs are historical annoyances that make English harder for learners and we should try to avoid introducing new ones.Matt Morrison wrote:"I hitted the target earlier" surely makes a lot more sense than "I hit the target earlier"Dinos Sfyris wrote:I texted him earlier shurely makes a lot more sense than I text him earlier.
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In a roundabout way, that was exactly my point.Charlie Reams wrote:Well, it does. Irregular verbs are historical annoyances that make English harder for learners and we should try to avoid introducing new ones.Matt Morrison wrote:"I hitted the target earlier" surely makes a lot more sense than "I hit the target earlier"Dinos Sfyris wrote:I texted him earlier shurely makes a lot more sense than I text him earlier.
I was suggesting that "what makes sense" and "what is right" is not always the same.
To me, "texted" is the same as "hitted" - makes more sense than "text" or "hit" in terms of its construction, but doesn't sound/feel right to say.
Though clearly I'm in a massive minority.
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I always say "texted" and make a point of taking the piss out of people who say "text" even if I'm in the minority. Bear in mind that quite a few people that say "text" are probably actually saying "texed" given that they say "texes" rather than "texts".
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I voted for either! Either way is acceptable.
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I'd agree that both TEXT and TEXTED, in the correct context, are acceptable.
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IAWTP. Taken out of context, the former cannot be parsed differently for the majority of logical grammarian minds. The latter however does contain a seed of present habituality. (text him earlier/than...)Dinos Sfyris wrote:I texted him earlier shurely makes a lot more sense than I text him earlier.
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I don't see any question as to which is correct. The past tense must be TEXTED. This is confirmed by OED2r which says that any exceptions to the -ED rule are explicitly stated, and TEXT as a verb does not have any exception listed.
I take issue with earlier remarks about HIT and HITTED. I don't think I've ever seen the word HITTED before reading it in this thread. Indeed, countmax agrees with me about the invalidity of HITTED.
I take issue with earlier remarks about HIT and HITTED. I don't think I've ever seen the word HITTED before reading it in this thread. Indeed, countmax agrees with me about the invalidity of HITTED.
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Further to this, I think the people who use "text" as the past tense are the same people who use "come" as the past tense of "come" as in "I come up here the other day". But because it's quite a new word, it never got the chance to get an established form before the inarticulate got hold of it. But inarticulate they are and "texted" it must be.Gavin Chipper wrote:I always say "texted" and make a point of taking the piss out of people who say "text" even if I'm in the minority. Bear in mind that quite a few people that say "text" are probably actually saying "texed" given that they say "texes" rather than "texts".
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No one was saying that HITTED is correct (at least, I hope not.) I was just pointing out that the argument "no HITTED therefore no TEXTED" does not add up, because irregularity is not productive in English, e.g. the past tense of a new verb like PING is PINGED not PANG, regardless of SING/SANG.Howard Somerset wrote:I take issue with earlier remarks about HIT and HITTED. I don't think I've ever seen the word HITTED before reading it in this thread. Indeed, countmax agrees with me about the invalidity of HITTED.
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It has to be TEXTED. Whenever I've heard anyone saying something that sounded like the pp of TEXT, I assumed in their dialect it was difficult to pronounce the second T, similar to me not being able to say the second T in STATISTICIAN without concentrating.
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I suppose the real question is, if you send a long text message and your phone company sends it as two texts in order to charge you more money, is that two texts or two halves of a text? I'll be quiet now.
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And of course people use came as the past tense of 'cum' as well, because cummed would rhyme with 'comed' which is a grammatical error.
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Text is an original work by an Author. texted is "newspeak" like wicked etc. You SEND a text, and it is not possible to "texted it"Martin Gardner wrote:And of course people use came as the past tense of 'cum' as well, because cummed would rhyme with 'comed' which is a grammatical error.
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Luckily, no one agrees with you or we'd all still be speaking Latin.George Jenkins wrote:Text is an original work by an Author. texted is "newspeak" like wicked etc. You SEND a text, and it is not possible to "texted it"Martin Gardner wrote:And of course people use came as the past tense of 'cum' as well, because cummed would rhyme with 'comed' which is a grammatical error.
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I think you send a text message, not a text!George Jenkins wrote:Text is an original work by an Author. texted is "newspeak" like wicked etc. You SEND a text, and it is not possible to "texted it"Martin Gardner wrote:And of course people use came as the past tense of 'cum' as well, because cummed would rhyme with 'comed' which is a grammatical error.
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Charlie: What's wrong with Latin?! And despite the irregular verbs, it makes more sense than the English language!
As for the SING/SANG/SUNG thing, is it called an ablaut? I tried to start reading the dictionary a few days ago just to generally help with Countdown ( ) and I think I came across that word and definition.
As for the SING/SANG/SUNG thing, is it called an ablaut? I tried to start reading the dictionary a few days ago just to generally help with Countdown ( ) and I think I came across that word and definition.
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Well, Latin was pretty good when people wanted to talk about agriculture and temples all the time, but its not so great for talking about differential calculus or feminism. Language evolves, rapidly in fact, and saying "it is impossible for 'text' to be a verb" is just silly and is really not the kind of linguistic purism which its authors tend to think they're defending.Hannah O wrote:Charlie: What's wrong with Latin?! And despite the irregular verbs, it makes more sense than the English language!
Yes I look forward to your forthcoming wisdom on such varied topics as adhocracy, Agamemnon and anchovies.As for the SING/SANG/SUNG thing, is it called an ablaut? I tried to start reading the dictionary a few days ago just to generally help with Countdown ( ) and I think I came across that word and definition.
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Agamemnon is SEXY. It can be split into no less than 3 palindromes.Charlie Reams wrote:Agamemnon
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A couple of examples, when asking my mum what the past tense of text was she said 'texted' but a couple of days later said 'I text your brother last night'. Dan, a uni friend thought about it for about thirty seconds before saying "the incredibly awkward texted".
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IIRC ODE says that either is acceptable.Derek Hazell wrote:On a similar note, is "broadcast" always the correct past tense of "broadcast"? This site seems to think so because it follows the same pattern as "cast", and the OED is even mentioned.
So is it ever truly acceptable to use "broadcasted"?
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There are some fucking NAMES in this thread. And I am still bewildered that you old OLD people think "texted" sounds ok.
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I love how you desperately try to cling onto your illogical losing position by chucking out some last-ditch insults.Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 11:21 pm There are some fucking NAMES in this thread. And I am still bewildered that you old OLD people think "texted" sounds ok.