Past Tense Of Treat?

[jellybeard999]

I was writing a report at work yesterday and when proof reading I realised I'd written treat (tret?) rather than treated and for some reason questioned whether it was correct. After a google, it brings up debates, but no answer Is it liked spoiled/spoilt, where you can use either? Arguments included meet becomes met, Catherine Cookson using it in various novels etc

Is it a regional word? Is it a word at all?

For example

"The children should be treat equally." or "The children should be treated equally."?

 

[SideWinder]

Treat is such a weird word.

"I treated him to a nice meal"
"I was treated really well at the hotel".

Past tense? ^

 

[jp_bl_68]

Treated.

 

[Tripnologist]

Treated.

 

[jellybeard999]

Treat is such a weird word.

"I treated him to a nice meal"
"I was treated really well at the hotel".

Past tense? ^

See i'd say treated to both of those, but i'd probably say treat(tret?) in the example in my OP.

 

[Amp34]

Treated, unless perhaps you are northern and like missing out letters...

 

[Metatron]

Trat.

 

[iJedi]

treated
and im northern

 

[Edrof]

Treated.

 

[Cr0fty]

Endowed

 

[jp_bl_68]

Trat.

'trat' is the future conditional, I think 'troot' is the past tense

 

[cm1179]

i'm treating myself to 12 stellas tonight

i've got such a hangover, i treated myself to 12 stellas last night

 

[Amnesia]

Treacle

 

[Cosimo]

Trat.

Prat.

 

[mjt]

Regular verb. -ed

 

[Nitefly]

Weirdly enough, the correct word is actually "trut". Click here for an explanation.

 

[dazzerd]

Should be treated me thinks, Past participle.

But as long as your understood it doesn't matter.

 

[AJK]

"The children should be treat equally." or "The children should be treated equally."?

Other debate aside, in this example "treated" is the only correct option.

 

[Morba]

Why on earth would you use treat in that example?!

 

[mjt]

Should be treated me thinks, Past participle.

But as long as your understood it doesn't matter.

treated is both the past simple form of the verb and the past participle.

But if I were you, I'd keep my grammatical opinions to myself.