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  • Apr 17, 2007, 01:35 PM
    Maid Marian
    To slide
    Is it "I have slid into a hole" or "I have slidden into a hole"?
  • Apr 19, 2007, 11:59 AM
    cissy95628
    Slidden
  • Apr 19, 2007, 12:00 PM
    ScottGem
    Slid. Slidden is no longer a word.
  • Apr 19, 2007, 12:02 PM
    cissy95628
    You slid into a hole

    But you have slidden into a hole
  • Apr 19, 2007, 12:12 PM
    Maid Marian
    Who is right?
  • Apr 19, 2007, 12:24 PM
    ScottGem
    I am! Do a WEB search on slidden. Its no longer in use. Slid is the past tense of slide.
  • Apr 19, 2007, 12:28 PM
    Maid Marian
    There is more than one past tense, as cissy shows. So I'm still not sure.
    But I do know that the past tense of dive is dived, and it is not a pigeon!
  • Apr 19, 2007, 12:33 PM
    ScottGem
    I checked two dictionaires that show either dived or dove as past tense of dive. The same two dictionaries list slid as the past tense of slide. Slidden is NOT listed. Slidden is listed ans an archaic word, no longer in use.
  • Apr 19, 2007, 02:34 PM
    cissy95628
    I guess we can agree to disagree. However, generally if a word or wording is causing this much of an issue, it's best to replace it or rephrase the sentence. Could you simply have fallen into the hole? How about glided? Is there a reason you are using a passive rather than active voice? Can you just say, 'I slid into the hole?' If you stumble over the wording for whatever reason, your reader will as well and that will disrupt from the flow of whatever it is you're writing.
  • Apr 19, 2007, 02:43 PM
    Maid Marian
    Actually I was thinking about my finances. I did not slide into a hole. I have slid(den) into a hole and am trying to get out.
  • Apr 19, 2007, 02:43 PM
    Maid Marian
    Dove is a bird not a verb.
  • Apr 19, 2007, 02:45 PM
    Maid Marian
    Anyway, I speak English English so it may be different from yours.

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