{"id":2938,"date":"2015-06-09T09:20:42","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T13:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=2938"},"modified":"2018-01-30T11:17:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T16:17:24","slug":"five-past-participle-verb-mistakes-that-make-a-person-sound-um-uneducated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/five-past-participle-verb-mistakes-that-make-a-person-sound-um-uneducated\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Past Participle Verb Mistakes That Make a Person Sound, um, Uneducated"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are many grammar problems that people (even professionals, speakers\/pastors, and writers) can get by with today without sounding like fingernails on a chalkboard. (Is that analogy too old school to use nowadays?) \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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I listen to talking books as I drive, clean, cook, and edit\u2014and even million dollar best sellers somehow get away with things like \u201cshe had less smiles for him today than before\u201d and \u201ccontest between the two of us–who works the most; who works the hardest; who is the most tired\u201d (ouch!). However, when it comes to past participles, finger nails on the chalkboard do not even describe the sound of a couple of those from the pulpit or webinar!<\/p>\n

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Irregular verbs are just that\u2014irregular. And irregularity, but its very nature, can be, um…..uncomfortable. (Sorry!)<\/p>\n

The most common errors with irregular verbs occur with the past participle form.The \u201cpast participle\u201d is the form of the verb that is used with the being or helping verbs has, have, and had.<\/p>\n

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There are two errors made with past participles:<\/p>\n

(1)<\/strong> Saying the past participle form (like run from the meme above) when you need the past (ran): I run all over town today.<\/p>\n

(2)<\/strong> Saying the past tense (ran, again from the meme) when you need the past participle (run): I had ran through the campground.<\/p>\n

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Here is the scoop on forming past participles in terms of regular vs irregular:<\/p>\n

(1)<\/strong> Most English verbs form the past tense and the past participle by adding ed\u2014want\/wanted, help\/helped, etc.<\/p>\n

(2)<\/strong> About 150 common English verbs do not form them with ed only\u2014have\/had, find\/found<\/p>\n

(3)<\/strong> Over half of the irregular verbs that do not use ed are easy because their past is the same as their past participle form:<\/p>\n

Today I find<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yesterday I found<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before that I HAVE found<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(4)<\/strong> That leaves about seventy irregular verbs with different past participles than past tense\u2014and this is where the Five Past Participle Verb Mistakes That Make a Person Sound, um, Uneducated comes in:<\/p>\n

Today I go; yesterday I went; before that I have gone<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today I run; yesterday I ran; before that I have run<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many people do not notice if someone uses the wrong swim\/swam\/swum or even run\/ran\/run, but there are a handful that sound so wrong that they truly can make a speaker sound at least undereducated (from what he might be!)\u2014and can truly detract from your message.<\/p>\n

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So\u2014don\u2019t say these!
\n(1)<\/strong> Ran for run….I have RUN.<\/p>\n

(2)<\/strong> Gave for given…I have GIVEN.<\/p>\n

(3)<\/strong> Went for gone…I have GONE. (very common…very bad!)<\/p>\n

(4)<\/strong> Wrote for written….I have WRITTEN.<\/p>\n

(5)<\/strong> Did for done…I have DONE.<\/p>\n

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Other common past participle errors:<\/p>\n

swim\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 swam\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 had swum<\/p>\n

dive\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 dived\/dove\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 had dived<\/p>\n

ring\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 rang\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 had rung<\/p>\n

spit\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 spit\/spat\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 had spat<\/p>\n

lie\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 lay\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 had\u00a0 lain\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (to lie down yourself …not to place)<\/p>\n

lay\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 laid\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 had laid\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (to place something…lay it down)<\/p>\n

hang\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hung\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 had hung\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (to hang a picture….not to kill)<\/p>\n

hang\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 hanged\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 had hanged\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (to hang someone\/execute)<\/p>\n

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