What’s the Past Tense of Spell? Spelled or Spelt?
January 1, 2023
Unless referring to the ancient and hulled wheat, the past tense of the verb spell is spelt and spelled.
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What’s the Past Tense of Spoil? Spoiled or Spoilt?
January 1, 2023
The preferred past tense in either case appears to be spoiled. In UK English, spoilt is also accepted as a past participle form.
What’s the Past Tense of Spill? Spilled vs Spilt
January 1, 2023
By and large, spilled is favoured in American English as both the past tense and past participle. British English, as you may have suspected, prefers
What’s the Past Tense of Sneak? Sneaked or Snuck?
December 31, 2022
The past tense of sneak is sneaked….or snuck.
What’s the Plural of Cliff? Cliff or Cliffs?
December 30, 2022
Cliff plural is cliffs. Usually singular nouns that end in -f/-fe take on -ves as a plural. This is not the case with cliff/cliffs.
What Are Contractions? Commonly Used Contractions
December 27, 2022
Contractions are words that have been conjoined through the use of an apostrophe, and the omission of certain letters and sounds: haven’t, wouldn’t couldn’t.
Learned or Learnt? What’s the Past Tense of Learn?
December 25, 2022
US English prefers learned as the past tense of learn. Learnt is the original past tense, and commonly accepted worldwide.
What’s the Past Tense of Dream? Dreamed or Dreamt?
December 25, 2022
American English prefers dreamed as the past tense and past participle form of dream (present tense). British English prefers dreamt as the past and past
What’s the Past Tense of Lean? Leaned or Leant?
December 25, 2022
Lean, which is an intransitive verb, accepts both leaned and leant as its past tense and past participle forms.