Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

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joannaceleftheriou

Member Since

December 4, 2005

Total number of comments

2

Total number of votes received

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Past tense of “text”

  • December 4, 2005, 8:48pm

I'm a grammar Nazi, so I wouldn't use it if I didn'tn think it was correct. The fax analogy serves my perspective well: I use the word "text" as a verb which I'd define as "to send an SMS text message from one mobile phone to another" and I conjugate it as a regular verb. I will text you later; I haven't texted him yet.

Everyday

  • December 4, 2005, 8:37pm

I, too, witness and correct this mistake every day. It's such an everyday thing, I was starting to doubt my sanity!

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