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57. I'm with you, but the AP says otherwise.

Reply to Doc_Technical (Reply #23)

Wed Aug 22, 2018, 02:16 PM

Aug 2018

Michael Dolan Retweeted:

It's plead, pleaded, pleading. AP style advises against using the colloquial past tense form, pled.

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Grammar annoyance: the past tense of "see" is "saw", correct ? [View all] steve2470 Aug 2018 OP

FYI, "have seen" is present perfect. tblue37 Aug 2018 #1

thank you!! nt steve2470 Aug 2018 #2

Past perfect mainstreetonce Aug 2018 #28

Past Perfect would be "had seen." Iggo Aug 2018 #31

No. "Had seen" is past perfect. nt tblue37 Aug 2018 #40

You've lost me trixie2 Aug 2018 #37

My old neighbor Ohiogal Aug 2018 #3

That's OK. We don't have a Queen. nt zanana1 Aug 2018 #47

Shouldn't it be SCantiGOP Aug 2018 #58

Actually in my area of Appalachia the correct term is "I done seen it!".....:) dameatball Aug 2018 #4

Yep. "Done seen" jberryhill Aug 2018 #54

Yes. But it does not bother me roody Aug 2018 #5

It is a dialect difference, but it is nonstandard, of course. Another increasingly common error tblue37 Aug 2018 #6

Outstanding. Thanks oasis Aug 2018 #49

No, you're not the only one. Croney Aug 2018 #7

I seen it is just bad grammar and definitely a dialect kind of error. nocoincidences Aug 2018 #8

My article on that error is called "Get the Lead Out!". nt tblue37 Aug 2018 #41

I thought that was one of our little Chicagoisms. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2018 #9

It may have stemmed from a contraction issue. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2018 #10

THis has crossed my mind 2naSalit Aug 2018 #12

As they say, language is a developing thing. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2018 #14

I just think it is lack of spelling lessons. I remember in school demigoddess Aug 2018 #18

I have seen 'then' xxqqqzme Aug 2018 #27

I keep seeing women when they are talking about just one woman!! demigoddess Aug 2018 #56

That's just because they either 2naSalit Aug 2018 #24

"That needs washed" is common in northeastern Pennsylvania. Apparently it developed from German, tblue37 Aug 2018 #42

i saw that new movie. pansypoo53219 Aug 2018 #38

I will have seen this post by tomorrow. backtoblue Aug 2018 #11

And by then... 2naSalit Aug 2018 #13

That sounds like Future Perfect. Aristus Aug 2018 #19

Deja vu ! backtoblue Aug 2018 #20

I love posts like this mitch96 Aug 2018 #15

Again, in standard English "so" isn't supposed to be used as a vague intensifier, but tblue37 Aug 2018 #43

I am a register switcher d_r Aug 2018 #53

If you are old enough, you remember when English had rules. aka-chmeee Aug 2018 #16

What annoys me are pundits and news broadcasters referring to Omarosa's recording as tapes. Fla Dem Aug 2018 #17

Old usages... Just as they still talk about a new "album" dropping (whether a vinyl issue occurs or hlthe2b Aug 2018 #22

It is one of those things that grates on my nerves, but I never correct anyone... hlthe2b Aug 2018 #21

What happened to the word pled, Doc_Technical Aug 2018 #23

That one gets me too 2naSalit Aug 2018 #26

I'm with you, but the AP says otherwise. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2018 #57

Yep. It sounds ignorant and it drives me nuts. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #25

what gets me is people who cannot tell the difference.. chillfactor Aug 2018 #29

How about loosing something? question everything Aug 2018 #30

Yes bothers me MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #32

Even worse, they usually say "me and him," which violates both grammar and etiquette. nt tblue37 Aug 2018 #44

So true! MaryMagdaline Aug 2018 #46

I am annoyed by any and all lapses of grammar and usage. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2018 #33

I had a life lesson about grammar. zanana1 Aug 2018 #48

Someone's grammar needs fixed. nt eppur_se_muova Aug 2018 #34

LOL Kali Aug 2018 #39

+1 malthaussen Aug 2018 #52

Are you discussing English only, or are you including Republicanese? DFW Aug 2018 #35

No, you are not the only one-- not by a long shot ailsagirl Aug 2018 #36

Obviously whistler162 Aug 2018 #45

I'm enjoying the thread...but... Sancho Aug 2018 #50

I've never heard a real life person say that samnsara Aug 2018 #51

The English teachers used to make the kids write an essay TexasBushwhacker Aug 2018 #55

What is it with, "I had went there"? Laffy Kat Aug 2018 #59