which do you prefer?
Plead, pleaded, or pled
Tue, 2016-05-24 12:30
#1
Plead, pleaded, or pled
Tue, 2016-05-24 12:33
#2
read a couple books recently where the author used pleaded, where i felt it should be pled.
then on the news this morning the commentator used pleaded. where i would've used pled. sounded awkward.
i looked up plead and could find nothing as to how pleaded or pled should be used.
does anyone out there know the whys and stuff?
Tue, 2016-05-24 13:43
#3
Yes. There's no such word as "pled". The past tense of "plead" is "pleaded".
Tue, 2016-05-24 14:15
#4
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pleaded
they say pled is a word???
Tue, 2016-05-24 14:22
#5
Webster's is Murrican.
Oxford says that pled is also used in North America, but I've rarely heard it in Canada. And while IANAL, I've interpreted in court and before boards (such as the CSST) and in conferences on such matters, so I've certainly heard "plead" and "pleaded" in English.
Tue, 2016-05-24 15:34
#6
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pleaded
they say pled is a word???
Well of course they do. Both Merriam and Webster are ded.
Tue, 2016-05-24 17:23
#7
so pleaded is the right word then?
Tue, 2016-05-24 17:35
#8
so pleaded is the right word then?
Yes.
Tue, 2016-05-24 17:42
#9
it's a weird word imv.
does the double consonant at the beginning make the long e or does it fall into the lead and lead scenario?
Tue, 2016-05-24 18:28
#10
it's a weird word imv.
It's English that's weird. Try to find a pattern here (present & past):
I lead. I led.
I read. I read.
I dread. I dreaded.
I head. I headed.
I bead. I beaded.
I tread. I trod.
Sheesh.
Tue, 2016-05-24 18:37
#11
lol, yup i guess it's english.
long e short e up for grabs
Tue, 2016-05-24 19:55
#12
Those are the remnants of earlier verb conjugations. Study some German or Dutch (or yes, Yiddish, but the German aspects, not the Slavic or Hebrew ones) to see.
Tue, 2016-05-24 20:04
#13
"Yes, English can be weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though."
-- David Burge