• CaptainAmeristan@lemmy.zip
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    14 hours ago

    English verbs have historically had present form, past form, and past participle form, eg. go / went / gone. I’m sad to see the past participle form being phased out of American English. People I went to school with and who I’m sure were taught differently (not to mention innumerable podcasters and public radio personalities), now say things like: “By the time I got home I found he’d already went,” eliminating the past participle and instead using the past form. Had saw is not uncommon either. I am old enough I refuse to incorporate this development in the language. If I ever encounter had was/were in the wild I might blow a gasket. Now entering my fuddy-duddy years :(

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      3 hours ago

      Okay I believe you and all, but I genuinely don’t understand. My partner has even criticized this in my language but I don’t get it.

      Sincerely someone who wants to understand and was unfortunately homeschooled by dumb fucks

    • JillyB@beehaw.org
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      10 hours ago

      I’ve also noticed an increase in using “had [done]” instead of [did] in places I wouldn’t expect. I’m sure a linguist could break that down more thoroughly.