tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983828.post115984902096330582..comments2024-01-15T23:32:18.495-06:00Comments on Metrolingua: leaped or leapt?Margaret Larkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06421277669200495407noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983828.post-1650255284752048262010-09-01T11:18:33.798-05:002010-09-01T11:18:33.798-05:00Thanks for the info. I really like The Economist b...Thanks for the info. I really like The Economist btw.Margaret Larkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421277669200495407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983828.post-57630383165269857892010-09-01T01:32:15.439-05:002010-09-01T01:32:15.439-05:00"verbs: past tenses -t/-ed Both forms of endi..."verbs: past tenses -t/-ed Both forms of ending are acceptable in British English, but the -t form is dominant--burnt, learnt, spelt--whereas American English uses -ed: burned, learned, spelled. Contrarily, British English uses -ed for the past tense and the past participle of certain verbs--quitted, sweated--while American English uses the infinitive spelling--quit, sweat. Some verbs have a different form of past tense and past participle, eg, the past tense of dive is dived in British English but dove in American English."<br />(The Economist Style Guide, 10th ed. Profile Books, 2010)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687405205328002359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983828.post-46580739461735557312009-05-15T20:32:00.000-05:002009-05-15T20:32:00.000-05:00Thanks--I haven't seen that publication in years. ...Thanks--I haven't seen that publication in years. And thanks for the compliment as well :DMargaret Larkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421277669200495407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983828.post-10882499297077383772009-05-14T07:06:00.000-05:002009-05-14T07:06:00.000-05:00The "leaped" versus "leapt" issue is featured in a...The "leaped" versus "leapt" issue is featured in an article on a diagramming in The Chronicle of Higher Education on May 14, 2009. Love your web log!<br /><br />RichardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com