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minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoWait, English has two different verbs “to sneak”?
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minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI mean, OC implies that “sneaked” and “snuck” have different meanings
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minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoYeah, so far I’ve also only heard snuck.
minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoMore 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 year agoNono, those are synonyms of " to sneak". He is saying that sneak has two different past tenses, depending on the meaning.
minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOh I understand now that I misunderstood.
minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThat would be an absolute anomaly in English, as far as I know.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoAh yes, because English is such a structured and regular language otherwise
minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months 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”?
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I mean, OC implies that “sneaked” and “snuck” have different meanings
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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.