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[–] helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz 12 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Totally tangential, but does anybody else feel old when people use them simple past of "to run" as it's past participle?

It was still irregular even in American English when I last lived there.

[–] YaBoyMax@programming.dev 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's not grammatically correct AFAIK but it's a fairly common mistake to see.

[–] chortle_tortle@mander.xyz 4 points 13 hours ago

As it's commonality increases, it's mistake status will dissolve. Such is the way 😌