Jam The Man
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Text or Texted
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Wouldn't it be more accurate to make that comparison:
"I texted you yesterday I did, then I runned to your house"
or
"I text you yesterday I do, then I run to your house"
If you're going to add a grammatically incorrect extension to one version, you have to add it to both.
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I use either (or "eye-the" if you prefer), so am probably no use to this poll.
No it doesn't. Your sentence should read: "I texted you yesterday and then ran to your house.". Unsure you need the "I did"
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Interesting one this.
I'd say both are correct - they are obviously both in common usage.
It must be fairly rare for a 'new' verb to have an irregular past participle.
I'd say both are correct - they are obviously both in common usage.
It must be fairly rare for a 'new' verb to have an irregular past participle.
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Personally think both are acceptable.
I'll generally use "text", mainly because i think it sounds better.
I think people get too hung up on language. The English language is always changing and there's nothing anyone can do to change it. Let's face it, Shakespeare would disagree if he heard the way people were talking in the 60's... same as those from the 60's would disagree with the way people speak today.
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I lost all faith with grammar when my teacher at school failed to explain how 'sheep' can be both a singular and plural!
I'll generally use "text", mainly because i think it sounds better.
I think people get too hung up on language. The English language is always changing and there's nothing anyone can do to change it. Let's face it, Shakespeare would disagree if he heard the way people were talking in the 60's... same as those from the 60's would disagree with the way people speak today.
p.s.
I lost all faith with grammar when my teacher at school failed to explain how 'sheep' can be both a singular and plural!
Gerbil
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I would say Texted personally.
Much more bewildering than this though is the plural. I know it seems a bit awkward to say 'Texts' as you get a kind of involuntary double 's' like a percussive shaker on the end of it, but I still don't get how nearly everyone I hear says 'Texiz' as the plural.
Much more bewildering than this though is the plural. I know it seems a bit awkward to say 'Texts' as you get a kind of involuntary double 's' like a percussive shaker on the end of it, but I still don't get how nearly everyone I hear says 'Texiz' as the plural.
I disagree with your conclusion but I totally agree with your analysis. Language DOES evolve, whether one likes it or not; indeed the use of the word 'text' as a verb is a relatively new development, however to me, "I text you yesterday" just sounds so wrong.Personally think both are acceptable.
I'll generally use "text", mainly because i think it sounds better.
I think people get too hung up on language. The English language is always changing and there's nothing anyone can do to change it. Let's face it, Shakespeare would disagree if he heard the way people were talking in the 60's... same as those from the 60's would disagree with the way people speak today.
p.s.
I lost all faith with grammar when my teacher at school failed to explain how 'sheep' can be both a singular and plural!
Maybe what we need is a new word for the past tense of the verb 'to text'? After all it doesn't have to be 'texted', which I agree as a word is a bit clumsy. As has been pointed out it's 'ran' not 'runned'. Also I was 'sent' a text yesterday, not 'sended' a text. How about 'tuxt'? Do you think that'll catch on?
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People aren't actually saying "I text" in the past, though - it's just that the -ed suffix isn't stressed and gets lost, so it ends up getting written as "text". Like "Would have" ends up being written as "would of" ... it's the pronunciation being reproduced in writing.
That's a possibility. So the 'ed' sort of gets 'swallowed' like a glottal stop, or the way Mainwaring is pronounced 'Mannering' in Dad's Army. In other words you may SAY it as "I text you yesterday", but you should WRITE it as "I texted you yesterday". However the less well-educated will write "I text you yesterday", in the same way as they write "would of" or "should of".
Yes, I can live with that explanation!
(You see discussions like this are what I love about NSC, not all that football shit that the anoraks and bobble-hats want to talk about!)
fire&skill
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Definitely this. It seems that the 't' on the end of the word 'text' has become the suffix '-ed'.
Which now opens up the possibility of using the word 'tex'.
Blimey - it's a minefield.
