fuzzyjay ([personal profile] fuzzyjay) wrote2009-07-07 05:20 pm
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Everybody, study your English

OK, I'm tired of the present perfect tense (and anything else using a past participle) getting messed up. This is from one of my friends' posts on FaceBook:

"Rusty has gave up!"

Take this test, and if you get any wrong, keep studying:

[identity profile] fr-defenestrato.livejournal.com 2009-07-08 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I got 'swum' right, but it still sounds a little odd.

I like the past participle-coining exchange in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?:

NICK: ... my wife's gone into the can with a liquor bottle, and she winks at me... winks at me!...

MARTHA (sadly): She's never wunk at you; what a shame...
Edited 2009-07-08 13:13 (UTC)