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 #2 (permalink) Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:06 pm "dived" or "dove"? |
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| That's right, Babyface, both 'dived' (BrE/AmE) and 'dove' (AmE) are correct. |
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Conchita
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Nov 09, 2007 16:59 pm "dived" or "dove"? |
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| When I'm not thinking about it, I probably use both "dived" and "dove", but if you asked me which one I prefer, and I had to think about it, I'd probably say that "dived" sounds more like children's speech, or uneducated speech, to me and that "dove" is better. Someone else probably has a different judgment. |
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Jamie (K)
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Nov 09, 2007 17:16 pm "dived" or "dove"? |
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| Thanks for the answers, I appreciate it! |
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Babyface
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Nov 10, 2007 17:18 pm "dived" or "dove"? |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| When I'm not thinking about it, I probably use both "dived" and "dove", but if you asked me which one I prefer, and I had to think about it, I'd probably say that "dived" sounds more like children's speech, or uneducated speech, to me and that "dove" is better. Someone else probably has a different judgment. |
This reminds me of Shirley Temple's movie, The Little Colonel.
Shirley said "Yes, my mother teached it to me!...*pausing*...that isn't right, is it?"
"No...taught is" said the grandfather. |
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NinaZara
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Nov 10, 2007 19:22 pm "dived" or "dove"? |
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| NinaZara wrote: |
This reminds me of Shirley Temple's movie, The Little Colonel.
Shirley said "Yes, my mother teached it to me!...*pausing*...that isn't right, is it?"
"No...taught is" said the grandfather. |
Well, the grandfather taught her very well, because Shirley Temple went on to become the ambassador to Ghana and later to Czechoslovakia. |
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Jamie (K)
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| #7 (permalink) Sat Dec 27, 2008 17:33 pm "dived" or "dove"? |
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That's right, Babyface, both 'dived' (BrE/AmE) and 'dove' (AmE) are correct.
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While Conchita is correct, this hasn't always been the case. Many verbs have been adjusted in relatively recent years due to their new-found commonality. That being said, traditionally speaking "dived" is correct, and "dove" isn't a word. However, as with many words today it seems that if people use them enough, we'll throw them in the dictionary regardless of correctness.
There's no real correct answer here, just a preference of usage, though in writing i would encourage using the traditionally correct form: "dived". |
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| #8 (permalink) Sat Dec 27, 2008 17:52 pm "dived" or "dove"? |
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"Dived" for the simple past always sounds uncultured to me, for some reason.
Here's what the Merriam-Webster dictionary has to say about it:
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| usage Dive, which was originally a weak verb, developed a past tense dove, probably by analogy with verbs like drive, drove. Dove exists in some British dialects and has become the standard past tense especially in speech in some parts of Canada. In the United States dived and dove are both widespread in speech as past tense and past participle, with dove less common than dived in the south Midland area, and dived less common than dove in the Northern and north Midland areas. In writing, the past tense dived is usual in British English and somewhat more common in American English. Dove seems relatively rare as a past participle in writing. |
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Jamie (K)
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| #9 (permalink) Thu Apr 23, 2009 21:44 pm "dived" or "dove"? |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
"Dived" for the simple past always sounds uncultured to me, for some reason.
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It's funny you say that, since you essentially have it backwards.
The use of "dived" is more cultured since it's the standard past tense as opposed to the more recently-used "dove."
Many people assume dove is more correct because it sounds correct and they hear others use it, but, at least in writing, dived is the preferred past participle. |
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