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minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 天前Wait, English has two different verbs “to sneak”?
minus-squareCornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 天前Yeah, but people will look at you weird if you use sneaked in serious contexts.
minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 天前I mean, OC implies that “sneaked” and “snuck” have different meanings
minus-squareCornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 天前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.
minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 天前More than that. One can creep about, or flit stealthily from place to place. I’m sure there’s more.
minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 天前Nono, those are synonyms of " to sneak". He is saying that sneak has two different past tenses, depending on the meaning.
minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 天前Oh I understand now that I misunderstood.
minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 天前That would be an absolute anomaly in English, as far as I know.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 天前Ah yes, because English is such a structured and regular language otherwise
minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 小时前I 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.