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- Speeded vs. Sped - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The past participles (and past tenses) "speeded" and "sped" are used in different grammatical situations When "speed" is an intransitive verb, the past tense is almost invariably "sped" When "speed" is a transitive verb, the past tense is usually "speeded" (although "sped" is being increasingly used in this situation)
- Speeded or sped | Learn English - Preply
“Sped” might be a more popular choice in all situations over “speeded” because it is more natural and sounds less jarring “Sped” tends to work better when referring to moving objects rather than processes The bus sped down the long hill The car sped away He sped along the road They have speeded up production of the new car
- American using weak conjugations for BrE strong and vice versa
[speeded, sped] (a related class) spelled, spelt; spilled, spilt; spoiled, spoilt; and their rules of use are unfortunately inconsistent Firstly, there is a general American preference for -ed endings and a British preference for -t endings, The Times, for example, choosing -t endings [¹]
- verbs - What is the past tense of sync? - English Language Usage . . .
I've always believed the past tense of sync ("I sync my phone with my computer") to be synced ("I synced my phone with my computer yesterday") This question would seem to suggest either synced or
- etymology - Where does the phrase possession is ( nine points | nine . . .
By all these unchristian proceedings, having speeded on their impatient Wishes, and fretted open a passage for that Royal soul to expire, they become soon Lords not onely of the Congregation, but Countrey, and having eleven points of the law (their young Queen and her Husband being absent in France) upon advantage enough they capitulate with
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