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Sneaky sneaky (lemmy.world)

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[-] belastend@slrpnk.net 7 points 10 months ago

Wait, English has two different verbs "to sneak"?

[-] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah, but people will look at you weird if you use sneaked in serious contexts.

[-] belastend@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago

I mean, OC implies that "sneaked" and "snuck" have different meanings

[-] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Might be a regional thing, but in the US you only hear snuck unless the person is trying to be cutesy, like pretending to be a cat.

[-] d00ery@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

More than that. One can creep about, or flit stealthily from place to place.

I'm sure there's more.

[-] belastend@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago

Nono, those are synonyms of " to sneak". He is saying that sneak has two different past tenses, depending on the meaning.

[-] d00ery@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Oh I understand now that I misunderstood.

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Transitive vs intransitive, I guess

[-] belastend@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago

That would be an absolute anomaly in English, as far as I know.

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

Ah yes, because English is such a structured and regular language otherwise

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