GlennL
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Just curious as to how y'all use the past tense of dive. I'm in 'Merica so I dove.
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GlennL
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oh man....and you're in my neck of the woods....lol
I'll use dived for dove when people start using drived for drove.
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i just knew i would get awesome replies...
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This question came up quite a few years ago. I believe the consensus was either is correct. Personally, I always used dived. I think of dove as what someone did off a diving board into a pool.
Wikipedia says either is OK. Dived is used much more often outside the U.S., but Dove is also correct anywhere. It is a more recent word (19th century?) and came about because the past of drive is drove...or something like that.
Wikipedia says either is OK. Dived is used much more often outside the U.S., but Dove is also correct anywhere. It is a more recent word (19th century?) and came about because the past of drive is drove...or something like that.
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