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aporigine usa |
I am inspired to rant:
wreak, wrought, wrought!
Heave, hove, hoven!
Every day, in books that have ostensibly gone through professional editing, I routinely see atrocities like "sheared" for "shore" or "shorn". "Shined". "Weaved" even! It is to rip one's hair!!
While I cannot recommend medieval punishments for the offending authors and editors, I entreat the site framers here to husband, to protect, to champion seeming archaisms against the relentless advance of automated spell-checking programs and modern, trendy efforts to rationalize written English. Please do not forfeit elegance in the quest for a spurious simplicity. |
2011/08/03 | ||
Me No Speak Americano Englise Allen USA |
THIS IS AN AWESOMEO SITEO. KEPPO IT UPPO!!!! |
2011/09/28 | ||
Dr. Ross Cranston, RI USA |
heave | Although "heaved" is correct as the past tense sing. and past tense pl. of "to heave", "hove" is also acceptable as past tense and past participle. It may be slightly more archaic or more common in nautical usage, but "hove" is a fine word and should not |
2011/02/10 | |
Penny Lisk Media USA |
hang | The passive of the verb referring to death by hanging is 'hanged' in English. There is no reference to this on your site.
I am delighted to find your site and I have shared it on facebook. Thank you for keeping English alive and properly conjugated! I |
2011/07/22 | |
Roberto San Rafael de Onoto - Portuguesa Venezuela |
I found a dictionary "Chicago Dictionary", I don't really remember the edition and where it was printed, which says that "work" is an irregular verb (work - wrought- wrought)and in a web page don't know the adrress that says that it is (work - work - work). Is that true? I'm an English teacher and I had never found a dictionary which said that before. I'm really interested in having an answer for this. Can you help me, please? As far as I know it is a mistake. Answer please! Thank you. |
2010/10/27 |