What’s the Past Tense of Mean? Mean or Meant?
July 28, 2023
The irregular verb mean only has one past verb form: meant. Meant is both the simple past tense and past participle form of the verb
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What’s the Past Tense of Mistake? Is it Mistook or Mistaken?
July 28, 2023
Both mistook and mistaken are past forms of the present tense verb, mistake. Mistook is the simple past tense, whereas mistaken is the past participle
How to Use an Ellipsis? (When and Where to Use Ellipses)
July 27, 2023
An ellipsis looks like three dots ‘…’, and signifies an omission of words from a quote. Ellipses are also used to add a dramatic effect
How Do you Abbreviate Continued? Cont. or Cont’d?
July 26, 2023
Technically, both cont. and cont’d are correct abbreviations for continued. Cont. is a truncated form, and cont’d is a contracted form for continued.
When to Use I.e. (I.e. or E.g.)
July 25, 2023
I.e. is Latin for id est, meaning ‘in essence’. In English, this is understood as ‘that is to say’, or ‘in other words’.
What’s the Past Tense of Lying Down? Lay down or Laid down?
July 24, 2023
The past tense of lie down is lay down, and the past participle is lain. The past tense of lay (something) down on (something) is
What’s the Past Tense of Weep? Weeped or Wept?
July 12, 2023
Hopefully you haven’t wept over not knowing the past tense of weep. Here’s a hint, it’s in the previous sentence: wept and had wept are
What’s the Past Tense of Forget? Forgot, Forgotten?
May 30, 2023
The verb forget has three main forms: forget (present), forgot (past) and forgotten (past participle). Read this post to refresh your memory on the verb,
What is the Past Tense of Forbid? Forbid, Forbade, Forbidden.
May 30, 2023
Forbid has three verb forms: forbid, forbade, and forbidden. Forbade is the simple past tense, and forbidden is the past participle form of the verb.