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“Overrode” vs “Overridden”
I got into an argument about the sentence "Have you overrode SomeThingamajig?"
I thought that "have overrode" is incorrect, and should be "overrode" or "have overridden", or perhaps "did override".
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Is this correct grammar: “[…] cash can't be beat.”
I found the following phrase in a NYTimes article and I was pretty surprised that it wasn't corrected or edited out: "But when it comes to privacy and freedom, cash can't be beat.".
I am under the ...
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Why is the phrase “should have went” so widely used?
Rarely do we hear "should have gone" in common speech.
Some background: My father immigrated to the US in the late 60s. He learned English first overseas, British English. Then he studied extensively ...
