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When the Past Tense Makes Us Tense
Today, let's weed our grammatical garden.
Betty Lundy of West Point, Mississippi, wonders how to say that her son removed weeds yesterday with a Weed Eater. Should she say, "he weed eated the lawn," or "he weed ate the lawn"? ("Weed Eater" is a trademark for a line of lawn care equipment, but, like "kleenex" and "band-aid," it has become a ...Read more







