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Past tense of "drag" is "dragged"

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#1 ·
At least in Canada and the US. Drives me batty to read that something was drug along the road, or drug out of the arena.

Drug is a noun, not a verb.

Thank you for letting me vent.
 
#45 ·
I'm dyslexic so a lot of spelling and gramar issues I'm quite tolerant of but the one that realy gets me is:

"I could care less!"

This implys that they do actualy care about the problem as there is still the capacity for a lower level of careing

what they should be saying is:

"I could NOT care less"

Which implys that you care so little about what ever the problem is that careing less is impossible.
 
#52 ·
Language evolves and in different places, in different ways. Linguistics does its with the implicit idea that there is one original tongue.

From that perspective, 'drug' is simply a local usage that is as correct or incorrect as pronouncing the word "creek" as "crick."

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/drug

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  • Random House says that drug is "nonstandard" as the past tense of drag. Merriam-Webster once ruled that drug in this construction was "illiterate" but have since upgraded it to "dialect". The lexicographers of New World, American Heritage and Oxford make no mention of this word.
 
#59 ·
onuilmar, I agree with you that language evolves over time. I am not upset with the changes in our language, but the fact is that that is how we communicate. We horsey people can spot a faker or a newcomer by the language they use.

So go ahead and make all the mistakes you want. It shows me the level of your comprehension, and therefore gives an indication of how to deal with you.
 
#60 ·
Yep. And where one comes from. Background is implicit in usage. :)

Squirrelfood: No wikipedia isn't definitive, but it's a start. And wiki was quoting Randomhouse. The point is that language changes over time,alot. 'Aint' is really a contractiion of 'am not,' which is consistent with weren't and wasn't. But somehow that became regarded as 'illiterate.' Granted,it's not Standard English, but it is an accepted usage in many dialects.
 
#64 ·
While we are on the subject, I am sore over being found guilty of reversing my truck into another vehicle back in March, yes I was in that car park, but I genuinely and truly am unaware that I hit anything, it was a shock to get the call about it.It was also quite a shock that anyone who more than 6' away from my truck could read the licence anyway, it isn't that easy during the Saskatchewan winter...but there was an eye witness, so it's my fault.

However after the police investigation, and SGI review, I have been find liable, OK fair enough, still unhappy but what can you do. THEN I got the letter, and now want to appeal just because of the official verdict.

Liability was primarily assessed against you because: A witness seen you back into a parked vehicle.


WHAT!! the witness seen me? I want to contest it just because it isn't right and proper, let alone the fact that I still don't think I did it.
 
#69 ·
They should require some sort of physical evidence. If you had hit their car, there should be something on your car. Maybe the person claiming they saw you do it was actually the person who did it and they just wrote down the nearest plate number to report. I don't know. I'm not a confrontational person so if it were me I'd probably not do anything. But I'd sure be ****** off about it and be ranting about how it's not right! Sorry this happened to you Golden Horse :(
 
#70 ·
I'm ****** off, but feel helpless, because I simply do not remember anything out of the ordinary that day, I just wish my friend had been awake when I texted her asking if she wanted to come into town with me, then I would of had someone with me.

This is the Provincial Insurance who is dealing with it, we are both insured by them, so it doesn't matter who pays, because they do! The police haven't been in contact again, so I figure that they are letting it drop.
 
#74 ·
Oops - caught you! "would have" not "would of" :lol:

As for the evolution of language, I realize it does change but in the last two decades it has probably changed more than in the past 100 years. It would be interesting to see a study about that. To me, this is no longer language evolving, but people not caring to ensure that they get their message across correctly and precisely.
 
#76 ·
Hang - You can hang a person or hang a coat but in the past tense the person was hanged and the coat was hung.
Lay or Lie - You lay an object down but a person lies down. In the past tense you laid the book down but the person was lying down.

A trucker friend used to say "I druve to the store" not drove.

The expression that grinds me is "Have a nice day". That's exactly what "Good day" means but someone thought it had to be changed and lengthened and it caught on. It seems there was an assumption that we are all to stupid to figure out what Good Day means.
 
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