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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•6 days agoWait, English has two different verbs “to sneak”?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•6 days agoYeah, but people will look at you weird if you use sneaked in serious contexts.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•6 days agoI mean, OC implies that “sneaked” and “snuck” have different meanings
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•6 days agoMight be a regional thing, but in the US you only hear snuck unless the person is trying to be cutesy, like pretending to be a cat.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•6 days agoMore than that. One can creep about, or flit stealthily from place to place. I’m sure there’s more.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•6 days agoNono, those are synonyms of " to sneak". He is saying that sneak has two different past tenses, depending on the meaning.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-26 days agoOh I understand now that I misunderstood.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•6 days agoThat would be an absolute anomaly in English, as far as I know.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦linkfedilink4•6 days agoAh yes, because English is such a structured and regular language otherwise
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•5 days agoI think you conflate irregular orthography and irregular grammar or conjugation paradigms. Like it’s pretty regular otherwise.
Wait, English has two different verbs “to sneak”?
Yeah, but people will look at you weird if you use sneaked in serious contexts.
I mean, OC implies that “sneaked” and “snuck” have different meanings
Might be a regional thing, but in the US you only hear snuck unless the person is trying to be cutesy, like pretending to be a cat.
Yeah, so far I’ve also only heard snuck.
More than that. One can creep about, or flit stealthily from place to place.
I’m sure there’s more.
Nono, those are synonyms of " to sneak". He is saying that sneak has two different past tenses, depending on the meaning.
Oh I understand now that I misunderstood.
Transitive vs intransitive, I guess
That would be an absolute anomaly in English, as far as I know.
Ah yes, because English is such a structured and regular language otherwise
I think you conflate irregular orthography and irregular grammar or conjugation paradigms.
Like it’s pretty regular otherwise.