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To: PeteePie

In my short 62 years on this earth I have NEVER read an article where a journalist or heard a TV Talking Head use the proper past tense of the word “dive.”

The writers always writes “dove” as in “They dove into the water;” and the Talking Heads always say: “dove” with a long “o” as in “They dove into the water.”

“D-o-v-e” is abird.

The past tense of “dive” is “dived.”

I dive, you dive, he/she/it dives
We dive, you dive, they dive

I dived, you dived, he/she/it dived,
We dived, you dived, they dived

I have dived, you have dived, he/she/it has dived,
We have dived, you have dived, they have dived

I will have dived, you will have dived, he/she/it will have dived,
We will have dived, you will have dived, they will have dived

“I dive every day at the pool at the Boys’ Club.”
“I dived three times this week at the Boys’ Club.”
“I have dived at several pools in the local area.”
“By the time my competitive diving career ends, I will have dived 14 years.”

I think I’m correct.

English Majors: Dive in!


45 posted on 09/08/2014 7:08:48 AM PDT by Joe Marine 76 ("Honor is the gift a man gives to himself." ~ Rob Roy MacGregor)
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To: Joe Marine 76

Typo! “The writers always write...”


49 posted on 09/08/2014 7:12:56 AM PDT by Joe Marine 76 ("Honor is the gift a man gives to himself." ~ Rob Roy MacGregor)
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To: Joe Marine 76

Dived and Dove

The words dived and dove can be used interchangeably as the past tense and past participle of the verb to dive. So, the bottom line is that you cannot make a mistake by using one of these words instead of the other.

Dived Is More Traditional Than Dove

Dived is the traditional past tense and past participle of to dive, but dove has crept in over the last two centuries — particularly in the US. This is probably a result of the verb to drive (with its past tense drove) becoming more common.

Dove for Americans. Dived for Brits

Whilst there is no clear delineation, dove tends to be used by those following US conventions, and dived tends to be used by those following UK conventions.

http://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/dived_dove.htm

156 posted on 09/08/2014 4:14:03 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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To: Joe Marine 76
Well, I never declared a major in English, but I think it's:

Present/Imperative: dive

Past: dove

Perfect: dived

Pluperfect: had dived

Subjunctive: would/could have dove

161 posted on 09/08/2014 5:17:53 PM PDT by Brass Lamp
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