So is a "break disc" not something to do with dancing (of sorts) ?A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
1st Oct 2014 1:48 pm
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He dove into the water or he dived into the water?
He lit a cigarette or he lighted a cigarette?Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
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1st Oct 2014 3:48 pm
Riccarton Disco
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Ah but...
"He was hanged" - - not "he was hung" (unless you finish the sentence with "..like a donkey!"
It would be "hanged" only in the executed sense I believe, others would be "hung".
A cigarette could have "been lit" or "been lighted", they are both past participles. However, you can't say "I lighted", only "I lit".
Always "dived"; "dove" (the verb) is American.
Drive demonstrates it nicely too. I "drove"; the car was "driven".
Brought and bought are both past tense and past participles so can be used in either manner. They are still different verbs though. Current: Discovery 3 06MY (55 reg) HSE Auto Zambezi Silver Allisport Fast Road Intercooler, V8 Brakes, Silicone IC Hoses, EGRs Blanked, Remapped, De-Cat pipe, FBHIC
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1st Oct 2014 4:49 pm
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Another word often abused is the word paid.
Why do so many insist on using payed?
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2nd Oct 2014 6:57 am
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Too stop this thread from getting two long can we just say purchased? Everyone has there own take on the English language. Luckily me has a perfect grasp of it and I is rarely wrong. D4 HSE Luxury
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2nd Oct 2014 6:58 am
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So....strived or striven ?.......wife used "strove" the other day and I pulled her up...she was technically correct,but I still didn't like the use of the word in the context..... "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
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2nd Oct 2014 7:18 am
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Can the Panel please define the difference between 'ground' and 'floor'.
To me the ground is anywhere outside and floor is somewhere indoors.
F'r'instance:
I would not say 'he fell on the floor' if it related to someone falling over in a carpark or field.
However if he fell over in the gym then it would be 'fell on the floor'.
Is it just us older folks who get upset with improper usage? The English language is always evolving but it's getting faster and faster, I blame the TV Soaps for a lot of it.
We could start a thread on phrases that are used all the time but are superfluous, maybe we had one... I can't remember and can never get the search on here to work using more that one word Stew,
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