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Wed Sep-09-09 04:38 PM
Response to Reply #1 |
| -DU grammar police... what is the past tense of sneak? Is it sneaked or snuck? |
madmom |
Sep-09-09 04:35 PM |
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Sneaked! Snuck is not a word |
Kurt_and_Hunter |
Sep-09-09 04:36 PM |
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see post 4 |
madokie |
Sep-09-09 04:38 PM |
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Hrumph! Inclusion in a dictionary is not an endorsement |
Kurt_and_Hunter |
Sep-09-09 04:46 PM |
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Hell I just figured if it was in there it was a word |
madokie |
Sep-09-09 04:51 PM |
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Enormity DOES Mean Big. Are You Joking? |
Toasterlad |
Sep-09-09 05:20 PM |
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I cannot tell if you are making a joke. It means evil. Really. |
Kurt_and_Hunter |
Sep-09-09 05:36 PM |
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I'll Be Damned. We're Both Right. I'd Never Heard It Used For Definitions 1 or 2 Before. |
Toasterlad |
Sep-09-09 07:09 PM |
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PS re: aggravate |
Kurt_and_Hunter |
Sep-09-09 05:49 PM |
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Until it is, that is. |
sofa king |
Sep-09-09 04:43 PM |
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Are you saying snuck sneaked up on us? |
Kurt_and_Hunter |
Sep-09-09 04:51 PM |
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Snooked. I like snooked. |
sofa king |
Sep-10-09 12:00 PM |
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They would not have awarded the prestigious title of past participle |
Crabby Appleton |
Sep-10-09 04:34 PM |
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If people use it it's a word. |
Odin2005 |
Sep-10-09 08:47 PM |
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sneaked. n/t |
cali |
Sep-09-09 04:37 PM |
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Some one tell Merriam Webster it ain't..... |
whistler162 |
Sep-09-09 04:39 PM |
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Sneaked |
nadinbrzezinski |
Sep-09-09 04:37 PM |
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I used a dictionary and it had snuck. |
madmom |
Sep-09-09 04:48 PM |
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snuck/sneaked |
madokie |
Sep-09-09 04:37 PM |
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Yeah, but they also have "ain't" |
Kurt_and_Hunter |
Sep-09-09 04:39 PM |
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Whats wrong with that |
madokie |
Sep-09-09 04:41 PM |
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Nothing, but if the OP said "Is it ain't or isn't?" inclusion in a dictionary wouldn't answer it |
Kurt_and_Hunter |
Sep-09-09 04:50 PM |
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I know I was only being silly |
madokie |
Sep-09-09 05:04 PM |
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Every year words that aren't really words are added... |
JuniperLea |
Sep-09-09 04:43 PM |
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The dictionary would be much smaller otherwise! |
boobooday |
Sep-09-09 04:45 PM |
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Language evolves, is that such a bad thing? |
nadinbrzezinski |
Sep-09-09 04:47 PM |
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English doesn't borrow from other languages. |
PDJane |
Sep-09-09 04:53 PM |
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And sometimes it adopts a dollar fifty terms |
nadinbrzezinski |
Sep-09-09 05:33 PM |
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Looks like both are acceptable in the US now: |
Contrary1 |
Sep-09-09 04:38 PM |
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snuck is now colloquially correct |
hfojvt |
Sep-09-09 04:44 PM |
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Snook. |
Arkana |
Sep-09-09 04:38 PM |
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Thank god the DU grammar police don't have tasers, or my ass would be able to light up NY |
The Straight Story |
Sep-09-09 04:38 PM |
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Snuck. |
HeresyLives |
Sep-09-09 04:39 PM |
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Sneaked is preferred - snuck is considered a non-standard form although in common usage in the US. |
ddeclue |
Sep-09-09 04:39 PM |
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I am a Literacy Volunteer and I teach ESOL. |
CTyankee |
Sep-09-09 05:07 PM |
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In fact, "gonna" is now grammatically distinct from "going to", it's become a future tense marker |
Odin2005 |
Sep-10-09 08:58 PM |
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People who are simply literate, and care about getting things right would also know... |
BlooInBloo |
Sep-09-09 04:40 PM |
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What a minute. WHY are you asking? |
The Straight Story |
Sep-09-09 04:42 PM |
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LOL, no not really... son is doing a comp assignment and needed to know. |
madmom |
Sep-09-09 04:46 PM |
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Snarked. |
tekisui |
Sep-09-09 04:42 PM |
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I also thought snuck was not a word but when I looked it up this is what I found.. |
madmom |
Sep-09-09 04:43 PM |
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Sneakeded. |
lamp_shade |
Sep-09-09 04:44 PM |
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"have snucken" ? |
BlooInBloo |
Sep-09-09 04:46 PM |
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I often say "I've boughten" and "I've Caughten" |
Odin2005 |
Sep-10-09 09:02 PM |
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It's sneaked. Which doesn't keep me from saying "snuck". :) nt |
Critters2 |
Sep-09-09 04:46 PM |
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Snuckered! |
gatorboy |
Sep-09-09 04:51 PM |
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Good thread. Everybody here needed a good chuckle today. Thanks. |
lamp_shade |
Sep-09-09 04:53 PM |
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Yeah, this thread sort of snuck up on me too, or sneaked up on me |
The Straight Story |
Sep-09-09 04:55 PM |
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Jaysus, is this how the Olive Garden stuff started? |
JohnnyLib2 |
Sep-09-09 04:58 PM |
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Snack. |
burning rain |
Sep-09-09 05:12 PM |
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There is no past tense for sneak. |
JetJaguar |
Sep-09-09 05:13 PM |
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Skanked |
RagAss |
Sep-09-09 05:15 PM |
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Thousands of words in the "official" Webster's Dictionary weren't in it a century ago. |
4lbs |
Sep-09-09 05:16 PM |
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snacked |
Swamp Rat |
Sep-09-09 05:18 PM |
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Sneak, snack, snuck... |
ljm2002 |
Sep-09-09 06:26 PM |
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Sneaked, but I say snuck anyhow because it sounds more better.. |
saucy susanna |
Sep-10-09 12:28 PM |
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Snaughk. (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Sep-10-09 04:05 PM |
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Kneecapped. |
rug |
Sep-10-09 04:10 PM |
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Both are OK, but snuck is becoming the dominant usage in the US. |
Odin2005 |
Sep-10-09 08:46 PM |
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Snake. |
Orrex |
Sep-10-09 08:48 PM |
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