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... And while I'm not turning down a thin 20 year old blond, who wants to !@#$ a Barbie doll? Especially for $500+?

 

Did you ever get a look at the rack on Barbie??

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It seemed to happen about 15 or so years ago. Hung became hanged. Pled became pleaded............I don't know who made this decision. And, it still sounds stupid to me every time I hear one of those things.

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I thought the same thing - learned that while both are correct, somehow the standard when writing has become "pleaded" - I still like "pled"

 

I hate pleaded. It doesn't sound right. Also, I always thought the past tense of plead was spelled plead, not pled. As a matter of fact, the spell check on this site considers pled incorrect. Now they all sound weird.

 

***Edit - Roads. Ro-ads. Row-ads. Rowaaaads.

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I hate pleaded. It doesn't sound right. Also, I always thought the past tense of plead was spelled plead, not pled. As a matter of fact, the spell check on this site considers pled incorrect.

It seemed to happen about 15 or so years ago. Hung became hanged. Pled became pleaded............I don't know who made this decision. And, it still sounds stupid to me every time I hear one of those things.

 

According to Dictionary.com:

 

plead

   /plid/ Show Spelled [pleed] Show IPA verb, plead·ed or pled; plead·ing.

 

verb (used without object)

1.

to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.

2.

to use arguments or persuasions, as with a person, for or against something: She pleaded with him not to take the job.

3.

to afford an argument or appeal: His youth pleads for him.

4.

Law .

a.

to make any allegation or plea in an action at law.

b.

to put forward an answer on the part of a defendant to a legal declaration or charge.

c.

to address a court as an advocate.

d.

Obsolete . to prosecute a suit or action at law.

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It seemed to happen about 15 or so years ago. Hung became hanged. Pled became pleaded............I don't know who made this decision. And, it still sounds stupid to me every time I hear one of those things.

 

Pictures are hung on the wall, people are hanged in the town square.

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Pictures are hung on the wall, people are hanged in the town square.

You replied to a thread that's been dead for 10 days to be a grammar nazi? To each their own I suppose...

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And, I don't care about pictures and people in the town square. I want to know if I'm well hung or well hanged!

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