Re: irregularities
From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, June 12, 2001, 1:06 |
David Peterson wrote:
> Oddly enough, it seems natural for me to use "dreamed" when it's being
> used transitively, and "dreamt" when intransitively:
>
> "I dreamt last night" (More common: "I had a dream")
> "It's just something a dreamed up a month ago."
Hmm ... either dreamt or dreamed seems natural to me for either case,
but I think I'd *use* dreamt for intransitive and dreamed for
transitive.
Reminds me of hung/hanged.
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