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past tense of the verb "to swear"
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I was listening to radio 5 this morning and there was an interview with an academic at Keele University discussing swearing (i.e. using profanities).
In his opening sentence he used the past tense "sweared" (which sounded wrong to me) and then he used "swore" in the next sentence.
I later checked and found to my surprise that according to one site "sweared" is the correct word in this context.
Are here any language experts who can clarify this?
Finally, later in the interview when he was describing an incident I thought he said: "and he sworn..." Maybe I misheard him as I am certain that isn't correct.
ater when describing an incident he said " ...and he sworn"
In his opening sentence he used the past tense "sweared" (which sounded wrong to me) and then he used "swore" in the next sentence.
I later checked and found to my surprise that according to one site "sweared" is the correct word in this context.
Are here any language experts who can clarify this?
Finally, later in the interview when he was describing an incident I thought he said: "and he sworn..." Maybe I misheard him as I am certain that isn't correct.
ater when describing an incident he said " ...and he sworn"
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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sweared
I'm glad to see though that SWORE is correct because that is the form I have always used, and as soon a sthe academic said SWEARED today it really grated on me. However, I have heard many people say "I sweared blind...." and that doesn't grate quite so much.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sweared
I'm glad to see though that SWORE is correct because that is the form I have always used, and as soon a sthe academic said SWEARED today it really grated on me. However, I have heard many people say "I sweared blind...." and that doesn't grate quite so much.
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