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minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoWait, English has two different verbs “to sneak”?
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoTransitive vs intransitive, I guess
minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoThat would be an absolute anomaly in English, as far as I know.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoAh yes, because English is such a structured and regular language otherwise
minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoMore than that. One can creep about, or flit stealthily from place to place. I’m sure there’s more.
minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoNono, those are synonyms of " to sneak". He is saying that sneak has two different past tenses, depending on the meaning.
minus-squareCornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoYeah, but people will look at you weird if you use sneaked in serious contexts.
minus-squarebelastend@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoI mean, OC implies that “sneaked” and “snuck” have different meanings
minus-squareCornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoMight be a regional thing, but in the US you only hear snuck unless the person is trying to be cutesy, like pretending to be a cat.
Wait, English has two different verbs “to sneak”?
Transitive vs intransitive, I guess
That would be an absolute anomaly in English, as far as I know.
Ah yes, because English is such a structured and regular language otherwise
More than that. One can creep about, or flit stealthily from place to place.
I’m sure there’s more.
Nono, those are synonyms of " to sneak". He is saying that sneak has two different past tenses, depending on the meaning.
Yeah, but people will look at you weird if you use sneaked in serious contexts.
I mean, OC implies that “sneaked” and “snuck” have different meanings
Might be a regional thing, but in the US you only hear snuck unless the person is trying to be cutesy, like pretending to be a cat.