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minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·19 hours agoWait, English has two different verbs “to sneak”?
minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 hours agoMore than that. One can creep about, or flit stealthily from place to place. I’m sure there’s more.
minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 hours 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·edit-217 hours agoOh I understand now that I misunderstood.
minus-squareCornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·18 hours agoYeah, but people will look at you weird if you use sneaked in serious contexts.
minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 hours agoI mean, OC implies that “sneaked” and “snuck” have different meanings
minus-squareCornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·16 hours agoMight 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-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoYeah, so far I’ve also only heard snuck.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 hours agoTransitive vs intransitive, I guess
minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 hours agoThat would be an absolute anomaly in English, as far as I know.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·17 hours agoAh yes, because English is such a structured and regular language otherwise
minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours 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”?
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.
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.
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.