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Too Much For Words: Is It "Broadcast" Or "Broadcasted" In Past Tense?
I never really thought much about this (I always use "broadcast" with no "ed" at the end) for a show that went out over the airwaves. But there's a difference of opinion about whether a previous show was "broadcast" or "broadcasted." This article clamis to have the answer, and it's unlikely to please anyone.
Broadcasting doubt about "broadcasted"
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I always thought it was "Broadcast" in both the past and present tence.
A couple of words fall into this rather elastic category:
"Beer" can be used as both a singular and as a plural
"I'm having a beer."
"I've brought a case of beer."
"I drank three beer already."
Some linguists, especially British, are steadfast that "Beers" is the proper plural form of the word.
"Copyright" is both a noun and a verb.
"He owns the copyright to that work."
"This program is copyright." (as was heard on CBC hockey broadcasts)
Meriam Webster prefers the term "under copyright" or "copyrighted". I can go along with the former, but I'm sorry. The latter just sounds wrong.
- Tq345
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Peter the K wrote:
I always thought it was "Broadcast" in both the past and present tence.
Agreed. The same thing goes for forecast.
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Copywrote?
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Broadcasted sounds awkward and wrong. Regarding beer[s], Should I purchase "one case of beer" or "two cases of beer" "I had several beers with a friend watching the Jays game yesterday"
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OK, I know I'm in the minority here, but the one that drives me crazy is "I drive truck."
No, you either drive a truck or you drive trucks.
The singular truck is just not correct.
I can't figure out how this started but it's spread like a virus and there seems to be no curing it now.
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