SanMar
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- Feb 18, 2011
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Hi
Could someone please clarify for me the use of struck and stricken? I've looked it up in the dictionary and under verb / inflection it states, struck also stricken, so does this mean it can be used interchangeably?
For instance
I was struck-stricken with guilt after having stolen your pen.
I was struck with a sense of relief when you forgave me.
( to me this second sentence would seem odd with stricken but I am not sure why, I've only used/heard stricken to express something negative or burden like, but now I am not sure if this is always the case:-?)
also
It always struck me as odd that you eat pizza for breakfast.
( is had missing from this sentence? i read the first half of the sentence in a news article -- i know its common in spoken English in N.America but is it acceptable in written or formal English? )
thanks so much!
Could someone please clarify for me the use of struck and stricken? I've looked it up in the dictionary and under verb / inflection it states, struck also stricken, so does this mean it can be used interchangeably?
For instance
I was struck-stricken with guilt after having stolen your pen.
I was struck with a sense of relief when you forgave me.
( to me this second sentence would seem odd with stricken but I am not sure why, I've only used/heard stricken to express something negative or burden like, but now I am not sure if this is always the case:-?)
also
It always struck me as odd that you eat pizza for breakfast.
( is had missing from this sentence? i read the first half of the sentence in a news article -- i know its common in spoken English in N.America but is it acceptable in written or formal English? )
thanks so much!