What’s behind Speeded vs. Hard? Sped : When can I say Sped ?
I think of ” in speeded ” as the correct past-tense form for “to speed” in the past, but I wonder what if it is still considered the correct Form. In English, usually one hears the same ” speed/spacify” to communicate the same past. In a spoken English language, that is invariably used.
Is that possible with ” dived ” and ” dove”?
The past participles (and past tenses) “speeded” and “sped” are used in different grammatical situations. When “Speed” is intransitive verb, the past tense is almost always “sped”. When speed is a transitive verb, the past tense is usually “Speeded” (although “sped” is being increasingly used in this situation).
Google ngram for “speeded down the road” Is fast always’sped’? So much so. Compare Google Ngram’s search “speeded the movement ” and “Speeded/sped the change of device” in ngram. He’s generally “speeded” although “sped” is now becoming more common
What is the correct inference for speeded when used with Sped? What are both past tense and past participle forms of these letters? When using multiple text variants you need to use them in the same text. One thing I would say would be if you chose
to use one in a text, use that same variant throughout to determine consistency.
The past participles (and past tenses) “speeded” and “sped” are used in different grammatical situations. When “Speed” is intransitive verb, the past tense is almost always “sped”. When speed is a transitive verb, the past tense is usually “Speeded” (although “sped” is being increasingly used in this situation).
Google ngram for “speeded down the road” Is fast always’sped’? So much so. Compare Google Ngram’s search “speeded the movement ” and “Speeded/sped the change of device” in ngram. He’s generally “speeded” although “sped” is now becoming more common
The usage stats from the British National Corpus (BNC) and the Corpus of Contemporary American English look like this:
COCA BNC speeded. I was 241 149 sped. 259 1249 sped. What is the
corus of historical american English (): X axis: year, Y axis: incidences per million words?
Normally speaking, irregular verbs tend to become regular over time rather than the other way round, though the latter is not unheard of, either. How often an irregular verb is used and if you are very sensitive about its specificity, the less likely it is to be changed. (That is true of other irregular words, too—for example, you won’t see child superseding children any time soon)
Dived vs. Tumbler. What is a dove and why is it mentioned in the comments? What makes a “dreamed” person
- be different from a “real” man? Can a dream you lighted? Lit, leaped vs. Why
- is Lept spelled vs. Lept Nopt? What
- are the differences between the words “spelt learned” and “true learned”. What
is the most invaluable thing that I have learnt from this web course?
The past participles (and past tenses) “speeded” and “sped” are used in different grammatical situations. When “Speed” is intransitive verb, the past tense is almost always “sped”. When speed is a transitive verb, the past tense is usually “Speeded” (although “sped” is being increasingly used in this situation).
Google ngram for “speeded down the road” Is fast always’sped’? So much so. Compare Google Ngram’s search “speeded the movement ” and “Speeded/sped the change of device” in ngram. He’s generally “speeded” although “sped” is now becoming more common
The past participles (and past tenses) “speeded” and “sped” are used in different grammatical situations. When “Speed” is intransitive verb, the past tense is almost always “sped”. When speed is a transitive verb, the past tense is usually “Speeded” (although “sped” is being increasingly used in this situation).
Google ngram for “speeded down the road” Is fast always’sped’? So much so. Compare Google Ngram’s search “speeded the movement ” and “Speeded/sped the change of device” in ngram. He’s generally “speeded” although “sped” is now becoming more common
The usage stats from the British National Corpus (BNC) and the Corpus of Contemporary American English look like this:
COCA BNC speeded. I was 241 149 sped. 259 1249 sped. What is the
corus of historical american English (): X axis: year, Y axis: incidences per million words?
Normally speaking, irregular verbs tend to become regular over time rather than the other way round, though the latter is not unheard of, either. How often an irregular verb is used and if you are very sensitive about its specificity, the less likely it is to be changed. (That is true of other irregular words, too—for example, you won’t see child superseding children any time soon)
Dived vs. Tumbler. What is a dove and why is it mentioned in the comments? What makes a “dreamed” person
- be different from a “real” man? Can a dream you lighted? Lit, leaped vs. Why
- is Lept spelled vs. Lept Nopt? What
- are the differences between the words “spelt learned” and “true learned”. What
is the most invaluable thing that I have learnt from this web course?
The usage stats from the British National Corpus (BNC) and the Corpus of Contemporary American English look like this:
COCA BNC speeded. I was 241 149 sped. 259 1249 sped. What is the
corus of historical american English (): X axis: year, Y axis: incidences per million words?
Normally speaking, irregular verbs tend to become regular over time rather than the other way round, though the latter is not unheard of, either. How often an irregular verb is used and if you are very sensitive about its specificity, the less likely it is to be changed. (That is true of other irregular words, too—for example, you won’t see child superseding children any time soon)
Dived vs. Tumbler. What is a dove and why is it mentioned in the comments? What makes a “dreamed” person
- be different from a “real” man? Can a dream you lighted? Lit, leaped vs. Why
- is Lept spelled vs. Lept Nopt? What
- are the differences between the words “spelt learned” and “true learned”. What
is the most invaluable thing that I have learnt from this web course?
The past participles (and past tenses) “speeded” and “sped” are used in different grammatical situations. When “Speed” is intransitive verb, the past tense is almost always “sped”. When speed is a transitive verb, the past tense is usually “Speeded” (although “sped” is being increasingly used in this situation).
Google ngram for “speeded down the road” Is fast always’sped’? So much so. Compare Google Ngram’s search “speeded the movement ” and “Speeded/sped the change of device” in ngram. He’s generally “speeded” although “sped” is now becoming more common
The usage stats from the British National Corpus (BNC) and the Corpus of Contemporary American English look like this:
COCA BNC speeded. I was 241 149 sped. 259 1249 sped. What is the
corus of historical american English (): X axis: year, Y axis: incidences per million words?
Normally speaking, irregular verbs tend to become regular over time rather than the other way round, though the latter is not unheard of, either. How often an irregular verb is used and if you are very sensitive about its specificity, the less likely it is to be changed. (That is true of other irregular words, too—for example, you won’t see child superseding children any time soon)
Dived vs. Tumbler. What is a dove and why is it mentioned in the comments? What makes a “dreamed” person
- be different from a “real” man? Can a dream you lighted? Lit, leaped vs. Why
- is Lept spelled vs. Lept Nopt? What
- are the differences between the words “spelt learned” and “true learned”. What
is the most invaluable thing that I have learnt from this web course?
