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Stricken vs. struck Sat Dec 11, 2004 5:55 am  Stricken vs. struck
 

Test No. incompl/inter-19 "A Collision - Finish this Story", question 9

Now I can see quite clearly that the big red car has ..........

(a) stricken the little blue one
(b) struck the little blue one
(c) stroked the little blue one
(d) stuck the little blue

Test No. incompl/inter-19 "A Collision - Finish this Story", answer 9

Now I can see quite clearly that the big red car has struck the little blue one.

Correct answer: (b) struck the little blue one

Your answer was: incorrect
Now I can see quite clearly that the big red car has stricken the little blue one.
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Stricken vs. struck Sat Dec 11, 2004 6:30 am  Stricken vs. struck
 

stricken...hmm well it seems past tense to me and it doesnt even make any sense. I cant belive its actually a word unless this dictionary is lying haha.
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Stricken vs. struck Sat Dec 11, 2004 9:29 am  Stricken vs. struck
 

Stricken and struck are both past participles of the verb to strike.
We use stricken if we want to describe some sort of disease or malady:

She was stricken by cancer.

Otherwise we use struck.
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Stricken vs. struck Wed Apr 18, 2007 14:02 pm  Stricken vs. struck
 

BTW, stricken is the past participle of strike (along with struck). (take a look at this to make sure http://www.thefreedictionary.com/stricken)
although it seems that noone uses it this way nowadays:)
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