Enough is Enough!, the past tense of Sneak is not Snuck!
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I, for one, and others, perhaps, may wonder why so many forum members hold such strong, if not necessarily correct, opinions on the conjugations and usage of a verb denoting stealthy, concealed activity, conducted clandestinely, and assumably for nefarious and dishonorable, and possibly even criminal purposes. This is troubling. It's one thing to casually remark that "the kids Christmas presents were sneaked into the attic so they would be a complete surprise on Christmas morning," and quite another to say, "Jim and me snuck into the neighbors garage, grabbed his tools, and snuck out before anybody noticed". "Snuck" does not warrant an entry in my Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, the closest at hand, nor in any other, according to me. Drop the second consonant, for my opinion of "snuck".
Yes, conjugations is "like" conjugal, (as anyone owning a decent dictionary would easily discover for themselves) and your question suggests a greater interest in the prurient connotation, than the misuse of "snuck", as a non-existent verb. This is another example of why I worry about some of you people...
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Time for the all-time mind boggler.
Read the sentence below, and tell me the tense of the verb.
Slow down. Think about it.
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Present or past tense?
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Read the sentence below, and tell me the tense of the verb.
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5Wire
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Get a new dictionary or get over it, or both.
As previously posted from the Merriam Webster Dictionary online.
Or the Oxford English Dictionary online.
Like it or not, 'snuck' is a legitimate past tense of 'sneak'
Time for the all-time mind boggler.
Read the sentence below, and tell me the tense of the verb.
Slow down. Think about it.
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I read this thread.
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Present or past tense?
How do it know?
Could be either one...
Magnumdood
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This will no longer be tolerated.
The past tense of sneak is sneaked!
So , Last night someone sneaked by my house. Not, Last night someone snuck by my house.
No, I do not care what Snooki does or did either.
Nooo....it is sneaked or snuck.
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Time for the all-time mind boggler.
Read the sentence below, and tell me the tense of the verb.
Slow down. Think about it.
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I read this thread.
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Present or past tense?
How do it know?
How do it know? I'm confused. What's with the it?
But to answer your question, if you're a European and English is not your native language, it is almost certainly past tense but used improperly (pronounced as present). If you live here, it could be either. Does that help?
The past tense of "slid" is........slud
"I used a new Polish on my table"???
"I used a new Polish on my table"???
truckemup97
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He may have been speaking of the offspring of Sonny & Cher.
BarbC
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Correct tenses are important when you consider whether you'd rather be well hung than well hanged.
stang1911
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DUCKS
HOW DO YOU CATCH A UNIQUE DUCK? U NEAK UP ON HIM
HOW DO YOU CATCH A UNIQUE DUCK? U NEAK UP ON HIM
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308
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I knew an old feller who could tell you the best way to skin coons and other varmints. He referred to it as I skunt em all yesterday!!!
sipowicz
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johnsonl
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I'm fixin' to strategerize...
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