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30-Oct-2003, 20:29
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Any comments about the past participle?  |
21-Nov-2003, 02:36
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Originally Posted by tdol Any comments about the past participle? | It has been sawn. |
21-Nov-2003, 15:46
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Still is, isn't it? |
21-Nov-2003, 17:19
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Originally Posted by tdol Still is, isn't it? | Still is sawn?
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21-Nov-2003, 22:56
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Still is the past participle. |
21-Nov-2003, 23:16
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Clever, Tdol.
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21-Nov-2003, 23:22
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Oops. |
18-Aug-2006, 17:35
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'sawn' is losing ground to 'sawed'. This is the way of language. The "new" rule [that's been around for centuries] that ENLs have in their brain is "the past tense is made by adding "ed". Irregular verbs, though still quite individually strong, are fighting a losing battle.
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18-Aug-2006, 18:22
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v. saw -sawed - sawed/sawn
This verb has two forms of past participle : sawed / sawn
As far as I remember I have always used "sawn", possibly because my former teachers of English preferred this form.
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20-Aug-2006, 13:18
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Current Location: Transilvania First Language: Hungarian Member Type: English Teacher | | Re: Saw\___\Sawn
see/saw/seen
but
saw/sawed/sawn
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