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  • January 17, 2017 11:48 pm at 11:48 pm #619039
    Lightbrite
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    Which one do you prefer?

    January 18, 2017 12:45 am at 12:45 am #1209628
    Lightbrite
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    I say snuck but recently someone wrote sneaked. Then I questioned myself. Yet sneaked is a real word.

    Is sneaked a NY thing? Midwest? Do you learn it in childhood? This person and I went to the same schools growing up. The rest of life and adult life was lived in different places. How does this happen?

    January 18, 2017 5:56 pm at 5:56 pm #1209629
    huju
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    “Snuck” is for … informal speech. Do not use it in formal writing.

    “Sneaked” is the correct form for the past tense and participle of the verb “to sneak.”

    And Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Converse, Puma, Keds, et al., do not make snuckers – and not just because it sounds like jelly.

    January 18, 2017 6:41 pm at 6:41 pm #1209630
    Avram in MD
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    I think both are acceptable unless maybe you are in England, but sneaked is the original past tense for sneak, and snuck is considered a variant (minhag hamakom?).

    January 18, 2017 7:12 pm at 7:12 pm #1209631
    Lilmod Ulelamaid
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    What about loaning someone money instead of lending them money?

    Where in the world did that come from, and is it correct?

    January 18, 2017 9:33 pm at 9:33 pm #1209632
    Shopping613 🌠
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    Snucked

    January 19, 2017 4:40 am at 4:40 am #1209633
    Lightbrite
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    I had no clue that snuck was casual. That totally is going to change my writing.

    I don’t know if I’ve heard people say lending. I say loaning. Do they mean the same exact thing?

    I think lending is what someone does casually for another person. A loan comes with conditions, whether with formal documents or some unspoken agreement. That’s my interpretation.

    January 19, 2017 7:21 am at 7:21 am #1209634
    Lilmod Ulelamaid
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    I always thought loaning was incorrect, but I could be wrong.

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