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| Have bit is the present perfect of 'bite'. The past participle can be 'bitten' or 'bit'. |
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:43 am Bitten or bit |
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| Conchita wrote: |
| Have bit is the present perfect of 'bite'. The past participle can be 'bitten' or 'bit'. |
Thank you, Conchita.
I understand that. My true question :) was:
are 'have bit' and 'have bitten' exactly the same? (i.e. whether 'have bit' can always (in all contexts) be used instead of 'have bitten').
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:44 am Bit |
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Hi Tamara,
To me 'bit' is the past form of 'bite' and not the past participle. I can only assume that 'have bit' has come about by association with verbs like cut, put. let.
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| #5 (permalink) Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:46 am Bit |
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| Alan wrote: |
| To me 'bit' is the past form of 'bite' and not the past participle. |
Hi Alan
Thank you. This is what I asked - an attitude. :)
P.S. Life is life... Even BNC admits 'have bit'...
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| #6 (permalink) Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:00 am Bit |
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| Tamara wrote: |
| Thank you. This is what I asked - an attitude. :) |
It's not so much attitude as just another of those 'across the pond' differences, it seems. |
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| #7 (permalink) Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:36 am Have bit |
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Hi Tamara
Bitten is the standard past participle on the other side of the pond, too. ;)
If someone said "have/has bit", then I'd expect the usage to be colloquial. (Or possibly some sort of reference to bits and bytes. :lol:)
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| #8 (permalink) Mon Oct 02, 2006 14:42 pm Have bit |
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| Or possibly some sort of reference to bits and bytes. |
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