What’s the Past Tense of Bet? Bet or Betted?
February 15, 2023
For the safe bet, stick to bet. Bet uses one form for the most part, and is just bet. Betted is a nonstandard past form
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Is it Cost or Costed? What’s the Past Tense of Cost?
January 28, 2023
Cost only has one form, which is cost. Cost is a single-form verb that stays the same no matter the tense.
What’s the Past Tense of Run?
January 27, 2023
To run is the simple present tense. Ran is the simple past tense form of run, and run is also the past participle form of
What’s the Past Tense of Strike? Struck or Stricken?
January 26, 2023
The past tense and participle of strike is struck. The adjectival past participle is stricken, as in, a grief-stricken widow.
What’s the Past Tense of Sit? Sit or Sat?
January 21, 2023
Both the past tense and past participle form of sit are sat. Sit is in the present tense, and sitting is the present participle.
What’s the Past Tense of Seek? Seeked or Sought?
January 20, 2023
The verb seek only has one past tense form, sought. Sought is both the past tense and past participle of seek (present tense).
What’s an Idiom? (List of 100+ Idioms in English)
January 19, 2023
Idioms are phrases particular to a language, where taken as a whole it means something different from the words in isolation.
What Are Auxiliary Verbs?
January 19, 2023
Auxiliary verbs (have/has) play a supporting role in sentences by joining participles to reflect tense/aspect/count/voice.
What Are Acronyms?
January 19, 2023
Acronyms are a type of abbreviation where each word in a series or phrase forms a single word that’s pronounced differently, like YOLO (You Only