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- verbs - The pronunciation of ate - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I find the OED note puzzling, because the OED2 (and OED3—there was no change) article gives the pronunciation of ate as “ eɪt ɛt iːt ” and also makes it clear that eɪt is the older form, with εt being analogically formed based on similarly patterning strong verbs like read and lead (and also beat and heat in certain dialectal
- meaning - I just ate them and Ive just eaten them — Whats the . . .
The answer is that "I have just eaten them" is normal in British and I think US usage, but "I just ate them" is not normal in British use, or at any rate wasn't until recently (except in the different sense of mplungjan's answer) The aspectual difference between the simple past and the present perfect is that the perfect is used for past-with-present-relevance, the simple past for, well
- Should ate and eight be pronounced exactly alike?
In BrE, ate is sometimes pronounced et , and the Cambridge Dictionary gives this pronunciation Even if ate is pronounced like eight, there may well be subtle differences
- Understanding as of, as at, and as from
Joel is mistaken when he says that as of means "up to and including a point of time," although it is often used to mean so As of designates the point in time from which something occurs So as of some point would mean from the date specified onward However, his answering of the best way to say each phrase is spot on One may use either until or up to to mean the time before which something
- Is you ate? an acceptable form to ask the question in spoken informal . . .
The only way I can see "You ate?" as being a grammatically correct thing to say is if it's grammatically a statement, but said in a questioning tone of voice to make it a question
- How to ask if a person has done had breakfast?
It would usually be either “Did you have breakfast?” or “Have you had breakfast?” Also fine are “Did you eat… ?” and “Have you eaten… ?” If it is — say — mid-morning, and you want to know if someone has already eaten today, then “Have you had eaten breakfast?” (possibly “…yet?”) is probably the more natural form (since they might still have the breakfast in
- verbs - Suffixes for verbification: -ify, -icise, -ificate - English . . .
The suffixes -ise -ize -ify -ificate are all used for verbifying nouns and adjectives What are the differences in meaning connotation usage between them? (This is generalising from the sinifica
- What is the origin of the 7 8 9 joke? - English Language Usage . . .
The Home News SILLY SQUARE … Why did 6 cry? Because 7 ate 9 — Gina D'Amato, 9, Milltown … As I'm of a certain age, I tend to blame all jokes like this on the anonymous geniuses at Dixie Cup Corporation, who produced a line of riddle cups in the 1970s, and again in the 1990s So far, I haven't been able to verify that the onus belongs
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