European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes monday december 14,1987 Man Flemr. I i Tignini Arizin Muir Mimi 11 All tense about the past today s crossword by James kilpatr1ck our English language Beautiful instrument though Ilis abounds with irregular verbs. Forming inc simple past and Pasi perfect lenses seems to create continuing problems. Let us profit from a few horrid examples. United press International s Man in Cairo reported the collapse of a if Story building. It full because water Hadar coped up to the base of i he building and caused i to funny thing arc Cpd sounds creepier ban crept but crept is the word the writer wanted a sportswriter for the Savannah a Morni Gnu a covered a High school football game the Mai adors were completely outplayed As Wood Grinde Dout 268 Yards those Yards weren t grinder out they were ground Stuart fla., the Driver of a tractor Trail i drowned when his Rig slipped into the St. Lucie River. A staff writer for the Stuart news quoted a police offi cer at the scene. The victim could have just swam out of the Windshield if he had been conscious the pans of that verb Are swim swam Seattle a reporter recounted the terrible injuries suffered in 1972 by the Driver of a hydroplane racing boat. At first he dinged faintly to i can t Tell you Why the verb to cling follows the Vowe change offline and string instead of he pattern of ring and sing but it just does. The parts arc cling Clung the Las vegas Sun we Learned about a High school placekicker who was talented both on and off the Field. He beaded Down and compiled an a minus average qualifying him for he Honor the Young gentleman bore Down in Miami the Herald reported that two men bad con fessed to killing Freddy a Friendly Alligator at the Drehr Park zoo. The scoundrels broke in through a Back Gat and slaved the beast grammatically they slew him. An associated press correspondent in Helena mont., had a Good Lime with a Story about 30 High school boys who poked Tun Al the school1 dress code by showing up in miniskirts. The school rules bad been Bent once before to permit the wearing of shorts on a Nice Spring Day the student were unhappy when the Rule was t bended yes it s lend and fended blend and blended mend and mended Fenland fended but it s Bend and Binl. The a s Man in Halfway ore., recalled when Rock slides buried Highway 86 and isolated the town. The Only lie that minded Halfway to the rest of Oregon Wasa primitive 18-Milc do Loti the ties hat bind today on yesterday were bound. Not All verb forms arc so neatly prescribed. The Guin Ness record Book has an entry for a fellow in Malta who trod water for 108 hours. The verb to tread can take either trod a Tok did in he Psi tense but trod seems to be preferred what about to sink at Usa today the editors hold that in the past tense a Webster s gives first listing to in the mat Ler of to dive my own preference for a past tense is dived but Dove is also acceptable. The past tense of to Light is either lighted or your Choice should depend on whether you want a word of two syllables Orone a Long Vowel or a Short one. The Cleveland Plain dealer reported that a few inside jokes arc weaved into a television series. This is another take your picker the simple past is wove or weaved i that order the past participle is Woven or weaved in Ronnoc va., the times spoke of a Lake swelled by heavy i would have sworn that the past of swell is swollen but Webster s gives the nod to "swelled1 just does t sound As swollen. In court an accused person enters a plea. We can write either that he pleaded guilty or he pled guilty but pleaded is the word of Art in Legal court verb no longer much in Vogue is to the mount airy news noted that i Malaysia two australians were Hung at Daybreak for drug the Rule Here is that rogues Are hanged. Pictures Are Hung. Kipling hanged Danny decor Browning Hung the portrait i the Duchess. Some verbs seem to be developing their own past tenses and the lexicographers be damned. The associated press has been known to report that a Quarter Back snuck in for a touchdown. In a straight news Story the Knight Ridder news service said that a thief snuck into a hotel room. The president of the unite states once acknowledged that he a quote a pimple on his nose. The Palm Beach Fla Post reporting in challenger disaster said a Booster twang free. It kind of reminds you of dizzy Dean. In his sports casts batters swang at the Ball and runners stud into third. And Why not we ought to respect the dictionaries but we ought not to be their slaves. No prizes for Liesa Reader wrote in not Long ago to say thai she was Well scandalized by a headline she bad seen in the fort Lauder Dale Mil Sun Sentinel. The head was Over a Story about the clothes and makeup worn by Donna Rice and Tammy fac Bakker. It read scandalized should have dress code of credibility and my correspondent thought to scan Adalize was a Brand new verb. No and no. To scandalized dates from 1566, Toton Cartize from 1883. It would be an interesting project for a scholar to dig into that tee suffix where did it come from when did it first appear in respect Able English All i can Tell you ii that such formations continue. A couple of exceptionally horrid example recently have come to hand. The Indianapolis Star interviewed a lobbyist who talked of the technique of her Trade. A Good lobbyist she said tries to de Partis Anize and come up with a Good substantive argument to gel opponents to vote the Way you want them to vote. De parti ionize there must be a better Way to express the thought. In August the publication Maryknoll carried a piece about a 30-year-old woman in Brazil. She had suffered grievously at the hands of the country s Feudal landholding system but in the last six years she has been cons Cincu red to believe that injustice will be eradicated from Bra Zilian i Don t know what the author was trying to say. " o Constien Viciie does t convey much to me. Spa published by Pacific Southwest airlines contributed a couple of in cars two months ago. A consultant explained what his company does for defense contractors we help them Tangi Biluck the value added features of their in another article the Host of a san Diego talk show described his radio program. It offers a forum for residents to voice such complaints As Why is there a steady los Angeliza Tion of our freeway system some times i have a gloomy reeling thai the whole English Lan Guage is being los Angl Tzc but let us leave that pessimistic thought for another Day. Open your wow and owe fur Etc w4dtcuwilgeta.b& Surpris across i word after Sligo lift 6 la i Hiir raft 8 Spanish my nil 1st121f 13 Mobile s is. 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