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Doesn't warrant it's own thread but,
What is the correct word for testing in the past tense? It annoys me when people say "i texted you" but i'm now wondering whether it's actually technically correct.
I just use "text" to cover all tenses
"I text you last week"
"I will text you"
It feels like it works better and doesn't make me sound like a *******.
Also whilst i'm at it, why do people add an S to certain shops? "I'm going to Tescos", "I'm going to Asdas". The shops are called Tesco and Asda. It seems to primarily be supermarkets. no one says "I'm going to Burger Kings" or "I'm going to Primarks"
Again they sound like bellends.
Good way to start a genuine question and end up in a rant.
What is the correct word for testing in the past tense? It annoys me when people say "i texted you" but i'm now wondering whether it's actually technically correct.
I just use "text" to cover all tenses
"I text you last week"
"I will text you"
It feels like it works better and doesn't make me sound like a *******.
Also whilst i'm at it, why do people add an S to certain shops? "I'm going to Tescos", "I'm going to Asdas". The shops are called Tesco and Asda. It seems to primarily be supermarkets. no one says "I'm going to Burger Kings" or "I'm going to Primarks"
Again they sound like bellends.
Good way to start a genuine question and end up in a rant.
"I texted you last week" is correct.
Adding 'ed' to the end of a word is the standard way to convert the name of an action to the past tense, unless another word exists.
watch and watched
call and called
Exceptions would include
sing and sang
write and wrote
Saying "I text you last week" is grammatically incorrect in the same way that saying "I call you last week" is grammatically incorrect.
No it isn't. I'd say that using the word "text" in the past tense is more of a 'chavism' than converting it to the word "texted". The word "texted" exists in various respected dictionaries as the past participle of text, in the context of SMS messages.
Saying "I sent you a text" is of course completely fine as well however!
I often wonder this too. It might stem from Sainsbury's. That is the correct spelling because it used to be 'J Sainsbury' many years ago. My Great Aunt and Nan refer to it as "Mr Sainsbury's", and I've heard them say "Mr Tesco's" etc as a jokey call-back.
If that was more common than just within my family, it probably comes from people hearing their parents put a supurfluous S on the end, and picking it up.
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That's what i'm thinking re: Text/Texted. I still don't like it though, it just sounds clunky
I say "messaged". Because honestly who uses texts anymore.
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If I want a text I have to say "SMS me" or "Send it me by SMS". For instance when I need it not to be gated by data problems.I say "messaged". Because honestly who uses texts anymore.
I say text not textedThat's what i'm thinking re: Text/Texted. I still don't like it though, it just sounds clunky
Although i notice sometimes people now say "I sent you a WhatsApp" or "I WhatsApp'd you"
I agree "texted" sounds too long. Meh, I don't care if "text" is wrong. I'm still going to use it
I'm more 'concerned' with people who say should have instead of should have or brought instead of bought (and vice versa) etc or using double negatives such as "i didnt do nothing"
My biggest pet peeve at work is a colleague who will say three like "free" and sentences such as "I done that yesterday". No. Just no. You "did that yesterday" internally I sit there screaming in my head lol. Of course now i have the pleasure of working from home so i don't hear it
I know my grammar is far from perfect and I say "like" too much (a habit picked up from school) but I like to think it's not too bad
(don't even get me started on how my mum now speaks. She has hung around my brother for too long)I do say Tesco with an s on the end though
I don't for Asda. I think it's because that's how my parents have always said it so again it's a bad habit I've picked up lolI say "messaged". Because honestly who uses texts anymore.
I only text my peasant family/friends that don't have iPhones. Otherwise, I iMessage
I only text my peasant family/friends that don't have iPhones. Otherwise, I iMessage
You mean you text all your normal friends and send iMessage messages to all your fellow sheeple.
iMessage messages.
I iMessage.
I iMessaged you.
I hate that.
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My old mans just discovered texting.I say "messaged". Because honestly who uses texts anymore.
Mind you, you have to be Alan Turing levels to actually decipher them!
I'm please to have allowed everyone to release these frustrations even though some of you (Acme) are wrong on Text/Texted
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My Dad used to text all in caps without any punctuation because on his old Nokia 5120 it would stay in caps unless you toggled it with the star key. He now has a new phone and texts in sentence case, which is refreshing... I don't feel like I'm being shouted at anymore!
You mean you text all your normal friends and send iMessage messages to all your fellow sheeple.
@secretspy My maximum peeve is people who say aksed instead of asked and similar.
Bought and brought is the one that bugs me.
It's annoying. Yeah, defo worthy of firing squad when I'm universal president for life.
Thats my main one as well.
Can you add the whole your/you're and there/their/they're morons to that firing squad?
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