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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Mark Champney

Member Since

June 12, 2011

Total number of comments

3

Total number of votes received

10

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Pled versus pleaded

  • May 24, 2012, 1:04pm

Brus - only the French would give a Gallic shrug; the Spanish would give a Castilian shrug and the Italians a Roman shrug.

Pled versus pleaded

  • June 21, 2011, 4:43pm

Leapt vs leaped, crept vs creeped, trod vs treaded, lead vs leaded, the trend is indeed vexacious.

The opposite of “awaken”?

  • June 12, 2011, 6:50pm

How about sleepen? Or aslept?