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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. -- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon A nation without a language is a nation without a heart - Welsh proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42